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Ezra the scribe stands on a pulpit of wood, opens the book, and blesses the LORD, and the people answer and worship

학사 에스라가 나무 강단에 서서 책을 펴고 여호와를 송축하며 백성이 응답하고 경배함

Nehemiah 8:4–8: the text says, “Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.” Ezra opens the book in the sight of all the people, and when he opens it, all the people stand up; WEB gives in parentheses, “for he was above all the people”. Then Ezra blesses the LORD, the great God. All the people answer, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bow their heads, and worship the LORD with their faces to the ground. The text goes on, “Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place. They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.” Neither edition calls the men named at 8:7 Levites: both add “and the Levites” after the names. The Korean Revised Version calls Ezra 학사 에스라 (Ezra the scribe) at 8:5 and stands him above all the people (모든 백성 위에 서서) without brackets, and gives 8:8 no subject, where WEB reads “They read”.

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NEH 8:4–8, engwebp
⁴Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
⁵Ezra 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.
⁶Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
⁷Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
⁸They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
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Evidence: Nehemiah 8:4–8

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Entry: Ezra the scribe stands on a pulpit of wood, opens the book, and blesses the LORD, and the people answer and worship (event-neh-8-ezra-on-the-pulpit-of-wood)
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Current wording: Nehemiah 8:4–8: the text says, “Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.” Ezra opens the book in the sight of all the people, and when he opens it, all the people stand up; WEB gives in parentheses, “for he was above all the people”. Then Ezra blesses the LORD, the great God. All the people answer, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bow their heads, and worship the LORD with their faces to the ground. The text goes on, “Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place. They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.” Neither edition calls the men named at 8:7 Levites: both add “and the Levites” after the names. The Korean Revised Version calls Ezra 학사 에스라 (Ezra the scribe) at 8:5 and stands him above all the people (모든 백성 위에 서서) without brackets, and gives 8:8 no subject, where WEB reads “They read”.
Cited evidence: NEH 8:4–8, engwebp
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