Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ¹  met with ²  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 11:17

11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise ³  leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:38

12:38 The second choir was proceeding ⁴  in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ⁵  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ⁶  I had requested leave of the king,

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¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

² tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

³ tc The translation reads with the Lucianic Greek recension and Vulgate הַתְּהִלָה (hattÿhilah, “the praise”) rather than the MT reading הַתְּחִלָּה (hattÿkhillah, “the beginning”).

⁴ tc The translation reads הוֹלֶכֶת (holekhet, “was proceeding”) rather than the MT הַהוֹלֶכֶת (haholekhet, “the one proceeding”). The MT probably reflects dittography – accidental writing of ה (hey) twice instead of once.

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⁶ tn Heb “to the end of days.”