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Neh 8:5 — And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

opened		Luk 4:16,17
sight		Heb. eyes
stood up		Jdg 3:20; 1Ki 8:14

Correlating Passages

opened

	Luk 4:16	And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
	Luk 4:17	And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

stood up

	Jdg 3:20	And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of [his] seat.
	1Ki 8:14	And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 8:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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