Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 18:9
Source: Septuagint
9And Nehemiah, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It is a holy day to the Lord our God; do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
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7And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah instructed the people in the law, and the people stood in their place.
8And they read in the book of the law of God, and Ezra taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood the law in the reading.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 18:9 —
10And the governor said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.
11And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for it is a holy day, and despond not.