Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ¹  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 5:17

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, ²  in addition to those who came to us from the nations ³  all around us.

Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ⁴  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ⁵ 

Nehemiah 6:12

6:12 I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 12:26

12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. ⁷ 

Nehemiah 12:29

12:29 and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:24

13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ⁸ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

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¹ tn Heb “much.”

² tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

³ tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

⁴ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

⁵ tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

⁶ tn Heb “and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.”

⁷ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

⁸ tn Heb “people and people.”