Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 9:4

4 Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites , Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

Or, upon the scaffold, &c. i. e. Upon such stairs, or rather scaffolds, or pulpits, as the Levites used to stand upon, when they taught the people. But you must not think that all the persons here named stood in one place, and uttered the following words together; which would have caused great confusion in their speeches, by which means but few of the people could have distinctly heard, or understood them, but that they stood upon several pulpits, each of them either teaching of that part of the Congregation which was allotted to him, or praying, or blessing God with them.

Thereby testifying their deep sense of their sins and miseries, and their servent, and importunate desire of Gods mercy.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word].