Nehemiah 8:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Also the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained in their places.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:14

Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing offerings of well-being and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel, built; you need no longer carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Ezra 8:18

Since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the descendants of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and kin, eighteen;

Nehemiah 10:18

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Nehemiah 10:2

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 11:16

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the leaders of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

Nehemiah 11:19

The gatekeepers Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.

Nehemiah 12:33

and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

Nehemiah 3:17

After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

Nehemiah 3:19

next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

Nehemiah 3:23

After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

Nehemiah 8:4

Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for the purpose, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.

Nehemiah 8:6

Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. Then they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 8:8

So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

Nehemiah 9:3

They stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth part of the day, and for another fourth they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.

Nehemiah 9:4

Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

Leviticus 10:11

and you are to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they place incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.