Nehemiah 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed ¹  governor ²  in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives ³  ate the food allotted to the governor. ⁴ 

Nehemiah 9:19

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ⁵  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ⁶  goodness that you had lavished ⁷  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ⁸  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

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¹ tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).

² tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS פֶּחָה (pekhah, “governor”) rather than פֶּחָם (pekham, “their governor”) of the MT. One would expect the form with pronominal suffix to have a tav (ת) before the suffix.

³ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁴ tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”

⁶ tn Heb “great.”

⁷ tn Heb “given them.”

⁸ tn Heb “given.”