Nehemiah 2:7

2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ¹  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemiah 4:3

4:3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Nehemiah 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ²  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ³  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

² tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

⁴ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.