40. So Ezra brought it to the place where all the people — men, women, and all the priests — had gathered to hear it.
41. There in the square by the gate he read the Law to them from dawn until noon, and they all listened attentively.
42. Ezra was standing on a wooden platform that had been built for the occasion.
43. The following men stood at his right: Mattathiah, Shema, Ananiah, Azariah, Uriah, Hezekiah, and Baalsamos;