Discovery BoxNehemiah 1:9 
Context1:9 But if you repent 1 and obey 2 my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, 3 I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’
Nehemiah 7:5
Context7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 4 the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 5 of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 6
Nehemiah 12:44
Context12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 7 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 8 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 9
1 tn Heb “turn to me.”
2 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
3 tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”
4 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
5 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
6 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).
8 tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.
9 tn Heb “standing.”
