Verse 5

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

Referenced Verses

• Judg 3:20 : 20 Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. And he got up from his seat.
• 1 Kgs 8:14 : 14 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
• Luke 4:16-17 : 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading. 17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,