Nehemiah 3:5

3:5 The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders ¹  would not assist ²  with the work of their master. ³ 

Nehemiah 4:18

4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter ⁴  remained with me.

Nehemiah 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives ⁵  and my associates ⁶  are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! ⁷ 

Nehemiah 6:11

6:11 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? ⁸  I will not go!”

Nehemiah 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ⁹  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Nehemiah 13:4

13:4 But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms ¹⁰  of the temple of our God.

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¹ tn Heb “their nobles.”

² tn Heb “bring their neck.”

³ tn The plural form אֲדֹנֵיהֶם (’adonehem, “lords”) is probably a plural of majesty referring to Nehemiah (e.g., Isa 19:4; see GKC 399 §124.i). However, some English versions take the plural to refer to the “supervisors” (NIV, NCV, TEV) and others to “their Lord” (KJV, NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁶ tn Heb “lads.”

⁷ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

⁸ tn Heb “go into the temple and live.”

⁹ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.

¹⁰ tc The translation reads the plural rather than the singular of the MT.