⁷ Also the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained in their places.^(A)

⁸ So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.