Nehemiah 8:2
What is written? (ESV)
So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
What does it say?
Ezra gathers all people that could understand to hear the reading of the law.
What is its immediate context?
The people have returned to the land after seventy years of captivity in Babylon. Ezra the Priest is presenting (reading) and teaching (with other men) in the town square.
How Nehemiah 8:2 is applied across Bible answers
Is baptism for infants or children?
There is obviously an age (not stated specifically) at which someone can understand what is being read. The law was being read, and the clear intent of the people was that they wanted to hear it and understand it better to be accountable to it.
Is there a specific age of accountability?
There is an age (not stated specifically) where someone can understand what is being read. The law was being read and the clear intent of the people was that they wanted to hear it and understand it better in order to be accountable to it.
