<center><small>''Ezra reads the book of the law.<br/>The people wept upon hearing it.<br/>They keep the feast of tabernacles.<br/>445 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''445 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>
<center><small>''Ezra reads the book of the law.<br/>The people wept upon hearing it.<br/>They keep the feast of tabernacles.<br/>445 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''445 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>
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'''1''' And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.<ref>This chapter is cited as inspiration for a public reading of the [[Bible]], as scheduled at the [[Museum of the Bible]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] on April 18–25, 2026.</ref>
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'''1''' And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
'''2''' And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
'''2''' And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.