Nehemiah 8:3

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And he read in it facing the square that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

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Bede

AD 735

And they left out Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. The Broad Wall in Jerusalem is the strength and protection of perfect love in the hearts of the elect at which its architects arrive through the process of building when, by advancing in works of charity, they can say to their Creator and Helper: We ran the way of your commands, for you were broadening our heart - that broadening, doubtless, of a mind that has been illuminated, which can love both a friend in God and an enemy for the sake of God.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

It plainly. Protestants, "therein, before the street. "(Haydock) Esdras probably read select pieces from Leviticus, but principally from Deuteronomy. (Menochius)

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