1 Esdras 9:48-50

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⁴⁸ Jeshua and Anniuth and Sherebiah, Jadinus, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maiannas and Kelita, Azariah and Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord,^[a] at the same time explaining what was read.^(A)

⁴⁹ Then Attharates^[b] said to Ezra the chief priest^[c] and reader and to the Levites who were teaching the multitude and to all,^{(B) 50} “This day is holy to the Lord”—now they were all weeping as they heard the law—