Nehemiah 8:2

2. Ezra the priest He was descended from Aaron, and was therefore a priest, as well as a most distinguished scribe. See note on Ezra 7:1.

All that could hear with understanding More literally, all having understanding to hear; that is, all children and young persons old enough to listen intelligently to the reading and exposition of the law.

The first day of the seventh month The day for the feast of trumpets.

Leviticus 23:24. This month bore the names Ethanim and Tisri, and corresponded nearly with our October. It was also the first month of the civil year, so that its first was new year’s day. The tenth of this month was the day of atonement, and on the fifteenth began the feast of tabernacles.

Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:34.