Nehemiah 8:7 - Exposition

Joshua, Bani, Sherebiah , etc. Levitical families, not individual Levites (see Nehemiah 9:4 , Nehemiah 9:5 ; Nehemiah 10:10-13 ; Nehemiah 12:8 , etc.). And the Levites . i.e. "the rest of the Levites." Caused the people to understand the law . Expounding it, during pauses in the reading. The people stood in their place . Rather, " were in their place"—remained throughout the whole of the reading and exposition without quitting their places. It is not probable that they stood.