Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 18:5
Source: Septuagint
5And Ezra opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, that all the people stood.
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3And he read in it from the time of sunrise to the middle of the day, before the men and the women; and they understood it, and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
4And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattithiah, and Shema, and Ananiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, and Zechariah, and Meshullam.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 18:5 —
6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their face to the ground.
7And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah instructed the people in the law, and the people stood in their place.