Nehemiah 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ¹  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemiah 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ²  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

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 9:38

The People Pledge to be Faithful

9:38 (10:1) ³  “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant ⁴  in written form; ⁵  our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names ⁶  on the sealed document.”

Nehemiah 13:16

13:16 The people from Tyre ⁷  who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places! ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

² tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

³ sn Beginning with 9:38, the verse numbers through 10:39 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:38 ET = 10:1 HT, 10:1 ET = 10:2 HT, 10:2 ET = 10:3 HT, etc., through 10:39 ET = 10:40 HT. Beginning with 11:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁴ tn Heb “we are cutting.”

⁵ tn Heb “and writing.”

⁶ tn Heb “our leaders, our Levites, and our priests on the sealed document.” The Hebrew text is elliptical here; the words “have affixed their names” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. Cf. v. 2.

⁷ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁸ tn The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem.