priest: Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 31:9-10; Malachi 2:7
congregation: Deuteronomy 31:11-13; 2 Chronicles 17:7-9; Acts 15:21
could hear with understanding: Heb. understood in hearing, Isaiah 28:9
the first: Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 29:1
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Nehemiah 8:2
Nehemiah 8:2
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