36. Musical instruments. See Neh. 12:27; 2 Chron. 29:26; 1 Chron. 15:16; 23:5; Ezra 3:10.
Ezra the scribe. Ezra was the leader of the entire company. He had returned from Babylon 13 years before Nehemiah (Ezra 7; Neh. 2:1), and is also found as the spiritual leader of the people during the ceremonies of the 7th month (Neh. 8:1-15).