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Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 9:4 — KJV
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Nehemiah 9:4
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Nehemiah 9:4
Verse 4 of 38
Commentary
Commentary on Nehemiah 9:4
Theological / DevotionalThe stairs. Literally, “ascent,” by which probably the scaffold, or “pulpit,” of Ezra 8:4 is meant.
The Levites. The repetition of the names of the Levites in verse 5 shows that the invitation to praise God is distinct from the crying to God with a loud voice of verse 4. It seems that the Levites first cried to God by addressing to Him their confessions and supplications, and having done so, called upon the congregation to worship Him. Eight names of Levites are given in both verses, and five of them — Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, and Sherebiah — are identical. That the three others are different should not be explained as scribal or editorial errors. There is a more simple explanation — the second group was composed, in part, of different Levites from the first group. Had they been the same both times, it would not have been necessary for the author to repeat their names again so soon.
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