1 Esdras 9:38

38 And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east;

1 Esdras 9:38 In-Context

36 All these had taken foreign wives, and they put them away with their children.

37 And the priests and Levites, and those who were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem and in the country on the first day of the seventh month; so the children of Israel were in their habitations.

38 And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east;

39 and they spoke unto Ezra the priest and reader, that he would bring the Law of Moses that was given by the Lord God of Israel.

40 So Ezra the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude, from man to woman and to all the priests, to hear the law on the first day of the seventh month.