 Both men and women and all who understood, who could understand what was being said. In verse 2 it says, They all came to assemble, both men and women, and all who could understand what they heard. And it was on the first day of the seventh month. Verse 3. And he read from it, facing the square before the water gate, from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. A little redundant, right? What do you think he's trying to tell us?