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Nehemiah 8:5
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3 Then he aread from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate1 from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.  
4 So Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood which they had made for the purpose; and beside him, at his right hand, stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and at his left hand Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people astood up.  
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. Then all the people aanswered, “Amen, Amen!” while blifting up their hands. And they cbowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.  
7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, ahelped the people to understand the Law; and the people bstood in their place.  
8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
9 aAnd Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, b“This day is holy to the Lord your God; cdo not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Nehemiah 8:5

All the people stood up - This was out of respect to the sacred word: in imitation of this, when the gospel for the day is read in our churches, all the people stand up.




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