Nehemiah 8:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for the occasion; at his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and on his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:13

Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, which he had placed in the middle of the courtyard. Having ascended it, Solomon knelt in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and stretched forth his hands toward heaven.

Ezra 10:29

of the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth;

Ezra 10:33

of the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei;

Nehemiah 10:18

Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

Nehemiah 10:20

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Nehemiah 10:25

Hallhohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

Nehemiah 10:3

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 10:7

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Nehemiah 11:5

Maaseiah, son of Baruch, son of Colhozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a son of the Shelanites.

Nehemiah 11:7

These were the Benjaminites: Sallu, son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,

Nehemiah 12:13

for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan;

Nehemiah 8:3

In the square in front of the Water Gate, Ezra read out of the book from daybreak till midday, in the presence of the men, the women, and those children old enough to understand; and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:5

Ezra opened the scroll so that all the people might see it, for he was standing higher than any of the people. When he opened it, all the people stood.

Nehemiah 9:3

When they had taken their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God, for a fourth of the day, and during another fourth they made their confession and bowed down before the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 9:4

Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, who cried out to the Lord their God, with a loud voice.

Matthew 23:2

saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.