Ezra Reads and Explains the Law

8 Now all ^(A)the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was ^(B)in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the ^(C)scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel.

³ Then he ^(A)read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate ^[a]from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

^37 (A)By the Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up ^(B)the stairs of the ^(C)City of David, on the stairway of the wall, beyond the house of David, as far as ^(D)the Water Gate eastward.