And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
Study Helps
Interpretation
They found written in the law about the feast of tabernacles. Those who diligently search the Scriptures, find things written there which they have forgotten.
Glossary
- Ezra Person
- Help. (1. ) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel ( Neh. 12:1 ). (2. ) The “scribe” who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B. C.