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Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
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The Pulpit of Repentance
Commentators explain that the "stairs of the Levites" was not a simple staircase but a special elevated platform or pulpit. This structure was intentionally designed so the Levite leaders could be seen and heard by the entire assembly, emphasizing the public and corporate nature of this national act of confession.
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Nehemiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Septuagint and the Vulgate remove the comma after "stairs." The "stairs (or scaffold) of the Levites" is to be understood as an elevated platfo…
19th Century
Anglican
Stairs, of the Levites. — The scaffold of the Levites, without the comma: the steps of ascent to the pulpit of Ezra ([Ref…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites On an ascent; an elevated place where the Levites used to stand when th…
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The summary of their prayers we have here on record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do anything in the way of duty, we …
