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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 8:4 - Strong Concordance

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Ne 8:4 Strong Concordance And Ezra [05830] the scribe [05608] stood [05975] upon a pulpit [04026] of wood [06086], which they had made [06213] for the purpose [01697]; and beside [0681] him stood [05975] Mattithiah [04993], and Shema [08087], and Anaiah [06043], and Urijah [0223], and Hilkiah [02518], and Maaseiah [04641], on his right hand [03225]; and on his left hand [08040], Pedaiah [06305], and Mishael [04332], and Malchiah [04441], and Hashum [02828], and Hashbadana [02806], Zechariah [02148], and Meshullam [04918].
  King James And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Ezra . . . stood upon a pulpit of wood--Not made in the form known to us, but only a raised scaffold or platform, broad enough to allow fourteen persons to stand with ease upon it. Ezra's duty was very laborious, as he continued reading aloud from morning until midday, but his labor was lightened by the aid of the other priests present. Their presence was of importance, partly to show their cordial agreement with Ezra's declaration of divine truth; and partly to take their share with him in the important duty of publicly reading and expounding the Scripture.
 
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5 And Ezra [05830] opened [06605] the book [05612] in the sight [05869] of all the people [05971]; (for he was above all the people [05971];) and when he opened [06605] it, all the people [05971] stood up [05975]: