1Esdr 9:49
Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and
reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to
all, saying,

1Esdr 9:50
This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they
heard the law:)

1Esdr 9:51
Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part
to them that have nothing;

1Esdr 9:52
For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for
the Lord will bring you to honour.

1Esdr 9:53
So the Levites published all things to the people, saying,
This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.

1Esdr 9:54
Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and
make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to
make great cheer;

1Esdr 9:55
Because they understood the words wherein they were
instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.