Pelaiah
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Pelaiah, a Levite who helped explain the Law to the people and signed Nehemiah's covenant.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Distinguished of the Lord. (1.) One of David's posterity (1 Chr. 3:24).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Nehemiah 8:7.
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Verses that name Pelaiah
- Nehemiah 8:7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Nehemiah 10:10 and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,