“All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nehemiah 8 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.