Nehemiah 8:4

New International Reader's Version

Ezra, the teacher of the Law, stood on a high wooden stage. It had been built for the occasion. Mattithiah, Shema and Anaiah stood at his right side. So did Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah. Pedaiah, Mishael and Malkijah stood at his left side. So did Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:13

He had made a bronze stage. It was seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high. He had placed it in the center of the outer courtyard. He stood on the stage. Then he got down on his knees in front of the whole community of Israel. He spread out his hands toward heaven.

Ezra 10:29

Meshullam, Malluk and Adaiah came from the family line of Bani. So did Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth.

Ezra 10:33

Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad and Eliphelet came from the family line of Hashum. So did Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei.

Nehemiah 10:18

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Nehemiah 10:20

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Nehemiah 10:25

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Nehemiah 10:3

Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,

Nehemiah 10:7

Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

Nehemiah 11:5

There was also Maaseiah. He was the son of Baruch. Baruch was the son of Kol-Hozeh. Kol-Hozeh was the son of Hazaiah. Hazaiah was the son of Adaiah. Adaiah was the son of Joiarib. Joiarib was the son of Zechariah. Zechariah belonged to the family line of Shelah.

Nehemiah 11:7

Here are the leaders from the family line of Benjamin. There was Sallu. He was the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Joed. Joed was the son of Pedaiah. Pedaiah was the son of Kolaiah. Kolaiah was the son of Maaseiah. Maaseiah was the son of Ithiel. Ithiel was the son of Jeshaiah.

Nehemiah 12:13

Meshullam was from Ezra’s family. Jehohanan was from Amariah’s family.

Nehemiah 8:3

He read the Law to them from sunrise until noon. He did it as he faced the open area in front of the Water Gate. He read it to the men, the women, and the children old enough to understand. And all the people paid careful attention as Ezra was reading the Book of the Law.

Nehemiah 8:5

Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him. That’s because he was standing above them. As he opened the book, the people stood up.

Nehemiah 9:3

They stood where they were. They listened while the Levites read parts of the Book of the Law of the Lord their God. They listened for a fourth of the day. They spent another fourth of the day admitting their sins. They also worshiped the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 9:4

Some people were standing on the stairs of the Levites. They included Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. With loud voices they called out to the Lord their God.

Matthew 23:2

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat,” he said.