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Pulpit

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Some temporary platform on which Ezra stood (Neh. 8:4⁴And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. (Nehemiah 8:4)): probably the same as that called “the stairs” in Nehemiah. 9:4. The Hebrew word is often translated “tower.”