Pulpit

PULPIT pool'-pit:

Nehemiah 8:4, "Ezra the scribe stood upon a mighdol of wood." Mighdol is one of the commonest words in the Old Testament and means simply a high object--here a scaffolding or platform (bema, 1 Esdras 9:42). "Tower" (so the Revised Version margin) gives an entirely wrong picture.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PULPIT'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.