YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE - HELP IN THE PAST

 From the time the sacred writings were first penned in the 16th century B.C.E., help has been provided for people to understand the text. For instance, Moses, the first leader of the nation of Israel, "undertook to explain" what was written. - Deuteronomy 1:5.

Qualified instructors of the Scriptures were still on hand some ten centuries later.  In 455 B.C.E., a large group of Jews, including many children were gathered together in a public square in Jerusalem. Bible instructors were there " "reading aloud from the [same sacred] book." But they did more. "They helped the people to understand what was being read." - NEHEMIAH 8:1-8 .

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