Nehemiah 9:15
9:15 You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn 1 to give them.
Nehemiah 9:29
9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, 2 will live. They boldly turned from you; 3 they rebelled 4 and did not obey.
Nehemiah 13:22
13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.
1 tn Heb “had lifted your hand.”
2 tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
3 tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”
4 tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”