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Ezra the priest and reader of the law stood on the wooden platform that had been prepared;
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and beside him stood Mattathiah, Shema, Ananias, Azariah, Uriah, Hezekiah, and Baalsamus on his right,
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and on his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Lothasubus, Nabariah, and Zechariah.
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Then Ezra took up the book of the law in the sight of the multitude, for he had the place of honor in the presence of all.
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When he opened the law, they all stood erect. And Ezra blessed the Lord God Most High, the God of hosts, the Almighty,
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