Nehemiah 2:18

2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what¹ the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!”² So they readied themselves³ for this good project.

Nehemiah 5:8

5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews⁴ who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen,⁵ so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

Nehemiah 5:13

5:13 I also shook out my garment,⁶ and I said, “In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out⁷ this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied, “So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.⁸

Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders,⁹ the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records¹⁰ of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:¹¹

Nehemiah 8:16

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things¹² back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple¹³ of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

Nehemiah 9:32

9:32 “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity¹⁴ – do not regard as inconsequential¹⁵ all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Nehemiah 12:47

12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need.¹⁶ They also set aside¹⁷ the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

Nehemiah 13:15

13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions.

Nehemiah 13:19

13:19 When the evening shadows¹⁸ began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered¹⁹ the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned²⁰ some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off²¹ your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

¹tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”

²tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”

³tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”

⁴tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”

⁵tn Heb “your brothers.”

⁶tn Heb “my bosom.”

⁷tn Heb “cause to stand.”

⁸tn Heb “according to this word.”

⁹tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

¹¹tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “the house.”

¹⁴tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys. The second noun retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adjectivally: “the covenant and loyalty” = covenant fidelity.

¹⁵tn Heb “do not let it seem small in your sight.”

¹⁶tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

¹⁷tn Heb “were sanctifying.”

¹⁸tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”

¹⁹tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).

²⁰tn Heb “caused to stand.”

²¹tn Heb “give.”