Nehemiah 9:24
9:24 Their descendants 1 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.
Nehemiah 9:27
9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from 2 their adversaries.
Nehemiah 10:28
10:28 “Now the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples 3 because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –
Nehemiah 13:13
13:13 I gave instructions 4 that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of 5 the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, 6 for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. 7
Nehemiah 13:25
13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off 8 your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
1 tn Heb “the sons.”
2 tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”
3 tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.
4 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.
5 tn Heb “be over”
6 tn Heb “on their hand.”
7 tn Heb “brothers.”
8 tn Heb “give.”