Nehemiah 5:8

5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews ¹  who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, ²  so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

Nehemiah 5:15

5:15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to ³  forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Nehemiah 5:18

5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

Nehemiah 6:6

6:6 Written in it were the following words:

“Among the nations it is rumored ⁴  (and Geshem ⁵  has substantiated ⁶  this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors ⁷  you are going to become their king.

Nehemiah 8:9

8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, ⁸  Ezra the priestly scribe, ⁹  and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, ¹⁰  “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:24-25

9:24 Their descendants ¹¹  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased. 9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full ¹²  and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.

Nehemiah 9:28

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ¹³  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ¹⁴  goodness that you had lavished ¹⁵  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹⁶  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemiah 11:22

11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.

Nehemiah 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions ¹⁷  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ¹⁸  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ¹⁹  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ²⁰ 

Nehemiah 13:19

13:19 When the evening shadows ²¹  began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered ²²  the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned ²³  some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

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¹ tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”

² tn Heb “your brothers.”

³ tc The Hebrew term אַחַר (’akhar) is difficult here. It normally means “after,” but that makes no sense here. Some scholars emend it to אַחַד (’akhad) and supply the word “day,” which yields the sense “daily.” Cf. TEV “40 silver coins a day for food and wine.”

⁴ tn Heb “heard.”

⁵ tn Heb “Gashmu”; in Neh 2:19 this name appears as Geshem. Since it is important for the modern reader to recognize that this is the same individual, the form of the name used here in the translation is the same as that in v. 19.

⁶ tn Heb “is saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “words.” So also in v. 7.

⁸ tc The unexpected reference to Nehemiah here has led some scholars to suspect that the phrase “Nehemiah the governor” is a later addition to the text and not original.

⁹ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

¹¹ tn Heb “the sons.”

¹² tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.”

¹³ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “great.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “given them.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “given.”

¹⁷ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

¹⁸ tn Heb “be over”

¹⁹ tn Heb “on their hand.”

²⁰ tn Heb “brothers.”

²¹ tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”

²² tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).

²³ tn Heb “caused to stand.”