Nehemiah 8:4-9 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a lofty platform of wood, which they had made for the purpose, and there stood, beside him, Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand,––and, on his left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And Ezra the scribe stood upon a lofty platform of wood, which they had made for the purpose, and there stood, beside him, Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand,––and, on his left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam. ⁵ And Ezra the scribe opened the book before the eyes of all the people, for, above all the people, was he,––and, when he opened it, all the people, stood up. ⁶ And Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God,––and all the people responded, Amen! Amen! with the lifting up of their hands,––and they bent their heads and bowed themselves down unto Yahweh, with their faces to the ground. ⁷ And, Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, did cause the people to understand the law, the people, remaining in their places. ⁸ So they read in the book of the law of God, distinctly,––and, giving the sense, caused them to understand the reading.
⁹ Then Nehemiah––he, was the governor––and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who were causing the people to understand, said unto all the people, Today, is, holy, unto Yahweh your God, do not mourn, nor weep,––for, weeping, were all the people, when they heard the words of the law.