Nehemiah 6:6

6:6 Written in it were the following words:

“Among the nations it is rumored 1  (and Geshem 2  has substantiated 3  this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors 4  you are going to become their king.

Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 5  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 6  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 7 

Nehemiah 8:15

8:15 and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message 8  in all their cities and in Jerusalem: 9  “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

Nehemiah 10:34

10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families 10  at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

Nehemiah 10:36

10:36 We also accept responsibility, as is written in the law, for bringing the firstborn of our sons and our cattle and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks to the temple of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the temple of our God.

1 tn Heb “heard.”

2 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.

3 tn Heb “is saying.”

4 tn Heb “words.” So also in v. 7.

5 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

6 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

7 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

8 tn Heb “a voice.”

9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

10 tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”