Nehemiah 6:18

6:18 For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him, ¹  because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jonathan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

Nehemiah 8:1-3

8:1 all the people gathered together ²  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ³  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel. 8:2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.) 8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ⁴  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ⁵  All the people were eager to hear ⁶  the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:7

8:7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah – all of whom were Levites ⁷  – were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing.

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ⁸  met with ⁹  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ¹⁰  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ¹¹  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ¹²  as was required. ¹³ 

Nehemiah 9:3

9:3 For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins ¹⁴  and worshiping the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ¹⁵  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:34

9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

Nehemiah 13:28

13:28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.

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¹ tn Heb “were lords of oath.”

² tn Heb “like one man.”

³ tn Heb “said [to].”

⁴ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

⁵ 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).

⁶ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

⁷ tc The MT reads “and the Levites.” The conjunction (“and”) should be deleted, following the LXX, Aquila, and the Vulgate. That the vav (ו) of the MT is the vav explicativum (“even the Levites”) is unlikely here.

⁸ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “the last day.”

¹² tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “confessing.” The words “their sins” are not present in the Hebrew text of v. 3, but are clearly implied here because they are explicitly stated in v. 2.

¹⁵ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”