Person Old Testament
Pedaiah
Pedaiah, a Levite who stood with Ezra when he read the Law to the people. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 8:4.
Why it matters. Levite who assisted Ezra in reading the Law
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pedaiah
Pedaiah was a Levite who assisted Ezra when he read the Law to the people in Jerusalem, according to Neh.8.4. After the completion of the wall, the people gathered in the square before the Water Gate to hear Ezra read from the Book of the Law. Ezra stood on a high wooden platform along with several others, including Pedaiah. The presence of Levites like Pedaiah suggests that they had a role in teaching and interpreting the Law to the people.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)