Nehemiah 1:7

1:7 We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses.

Nehemiah 4:1

Opposition to the Work Continues

4:1 (3:33) ¹  Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

Nehemiah 4:4

4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Nehemiah 4:6

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. ²  The people were enthusiastic in their work. ³ 

Nehemiah 4:10

4:10 Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers ⁴  has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

Nehemiah 5:3-4

5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 5:4 Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king ⁵  on our fields and our vineyards.

Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ⁶  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ⁷ 

Nehemiah 9:33

9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. ⁸  It is we who have been in the wrong!

Nehemiah 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ⁹  the commands to give ¹⁰  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ¹¹  of our God,

Nehemiah 13:27

13:27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying ¹²  foreign wives?”

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¹ sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:23 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:33 HT, 4:2 ET = 3:34 HT, 4:3 ET = 3:35 HT, 4:4 ET = 3:36 HT, 4:5 ET = 3:37 HT, 4:6 ET = 3:38 HT, 4:7 ET = 4:1 HT, etc., through 4:23 ET = 4:17 HT. Thus in the Hebrew Bible chap. 3 of the Book of Nehemiah has 38 verses, while chap. 4 has only 17 verses.

² tn Heb “up to its half.”

³ tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

⁴ tn Heb “burden-bearers.”

⁵ tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”

⁶ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

⁸ tn Heb “you have done truth.”

⁹ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

¹⁰ tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

¹¹ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).

¹² tn Heb “give a dwelling to.”