pulpit. high platform. Eng. "pulpit" from Latin. pulpitum,. stage of. theatre.
beside him. Thirteen priests with him: fourteen in all.
and. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this "and".
Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 8:4
Nehemiah 8:4
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpita of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.