⁷ Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah,^(A) who were Levites,^[a](B) explained the law^(C) to the people as they stood in their places.

⁴ Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the raised platform built for the Levites^(A) and cried out loudly to the Lord their God. ⁵ Then the Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah^(B) – said, ‘Stand up. Blessed be the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting.’^(C)

⁸ The Levites: