²⁶ Moreover ^(A)the Nethinim who dwelt in ^(B)Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of ^(C)the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.

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.

¹⁶ Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the ^(A)roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the ^(B)Water Gate ^(C)and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.