Nehemiah 8:11
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And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.

Nehemiah 8:10
And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength.

Nehemiah 8:12
So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.

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And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.

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Numbers 13:30 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.

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Ezra Reads the Law
10And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength. 11And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.12So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.…
Lexicon
And the Levites
וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

calmed
מַחְשִׁ֤ים (maḥ·šîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2814: To be silent, inactive, or still

all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people,
הָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

saying,
לֵאמֹ֣ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Be still,
הַ֔סּוּ (has·sū)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2013: Hush! keep silence!

since
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

today
הַיּ֖וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

is holy.
קָדֹ֑שׁ (qā·ḏōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

Do not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

grieve.”
תֵּעָצֵֽבוּ׃ (tê·‘ā·ṣê·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger


Additional Translations
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for it is a holy day, and despond not.

And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."

And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, 'Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.'
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