Person Old Testament
Shema
Shema, one of the men who stood beside Ezra during the public reading of the Law. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 8:4.
Why it matters. Stood beside Ezra during the reading of the Law
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shema
Shema is mentioned in Neh.8.4 as one of the men who stood beside Ezra the scribe when he read the Book of the Law to the people in Jerusalem. The event took place during the Feast of Tabernacles after the Israelites had returned from Babylonian exile. Shema, along with several others, was stationed on a wooden platform with Ezra as he read and explained the Law to the assembled 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)