Nehemiah 2:20

2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. ¹  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ² 

Nehemiah 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ³  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemiah 5:9

5:9 Then I ⁴  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! ⁵  Should you not conduct yourselves ⁶  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ⁷  this, they were greatly disheartened. ⁸  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 7:2

7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem ⁹  my brother Hanani and Hananiah ¹⁰  the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

Nehemiah 8:6

8:6 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ¹¹  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ¹²  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ¹³  as was required. ¹⁴ 

Nehemiah 9:18

9:18 even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious ¹⁵  blasphemies.

Nehemiah 12:24

12:24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ¹⁶  David the man of God.

Nehemiah 12:43

12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ¹⁷  of the people. They found ¹⁸  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

Nehemiah 13:7

13:7 and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

Nehemiah 13:9

13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ¹⁹  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

Nehemiah 13:18

13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors ²⁰  acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”

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¹ tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

² tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).

³ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

⁴ tc The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (va’omar, “and I said”) rather than the MT Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer, “and he said”).

⁵ tn Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing…is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing…is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.

⁶ tn Heb “[should you not] walk.”

⁷ tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

⁸ tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).

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¹⁰ tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.

¹¹ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “the last day.”

¹³ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “great.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “ears.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.

¹⁹ tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

²⁰ tn Heb “your fathers.”