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 Ma-
aseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand Pedaiah,
and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
Zechariah, and Meshullam. And Ezra opened the book in
the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people ;)
and when he opened it, all the people stood up: And Ezra
blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people an-
swered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces
to the ground. Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah . . . .
and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law,
and the people stood in their place. So they read in the
book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and
caused them to understand the reading
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