Neh 8:3 | HCSB | STEP | While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate , he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men , the women , and those who could understand . All the people listened attentively to the book of the law .

‏ Nehemiah 8:3

3 While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, ^a he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively ^{▼▼Lit The ears of all the people listened} to the book of the law. ^c