1 Esdras 9:49

49 Then spoke Attharates unto Ezra the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites who taught the multitude, even to all, saying,

1 Esdras 9:49 In-Context

47 And all the people answered, "Amen." And, lifting up their hands, they fell to the ground and worshiped the Lord.

48 Also Jeshua, Anniuth, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, and Kelita, Azariah, and Jozabad, and Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them thereby to understand it.

49 Then spoke Attharates unto Ezra the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites who taught the multitude, even to all, saying,

50 "This day is holy unto the Lord." (For they all wept when they heard the law.) Œ

51 "Go then, and eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send part to those who have nothing;