Nehemiah 4:23
4:23 We did not change clothes 1 – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. 2
Nehemiah 8:1
8:1 all the people gathered together 3 in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked 4 Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.
Nehemiah 8:3
8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon 5 before the men and women and those children who could understand. 6 All the people were eager to hear 7 the book of the law.
Nehemiah 12:37
12:37 They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.
1 tn Heb “strip off our garments.”
2 tc Heb “a man, his weapon, the waters.” The MT, if in fact it is correct, is elliptical and difficult. Some scholars emend the MT reading הַמָּיִם (hammayim, “the waters”) to בִּמִנוֹ (bimino, “in his right hand”; cf. NAB, NRSV) or מִינוּ(י)הֵ (heminu, “they held on the right side”).
3 tn Heb “like one man.”
4 tn Heb “said [to].”
5 tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”
6 tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).
7 tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”