And Ezra opened the book before all the people: for he was [a]above all the people: and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

And Ezra praised the Lord the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed themselves, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the ground.

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites caused the people to understand the Law, and the people stood in their place.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:5 To the intent that his voice might be the better heard.

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