Discovery BoxNehemiah 2:19 
Context2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, 1 they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Nehemiah 5:7
Context5:7 I considered these things carefully 2 and then registered a complaint with the wealthy 3 and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral 4 from your own countrymen!” 5 Because of them I called for 6 a great public assembly.
Nehemiah 5:12
Context5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, 7 and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials 8 swear to do what had been promised. 9
Nehemiah 5:14
Context5:14 From the day that I was appointed 10 governor 11 in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives 12 ate the food allotted to the governor. 13
Nehemiah 7:5
Context7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 14 the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 15 of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 16
Nehemiah 7:61
Context7:61 These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify 17 their family connection 18 or their ancestry, 19 as to whether they were really from Israel):
Nehemiah 9:24
Context9:24 Their descendants 20 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 9:26
Context9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. 21 They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.
Nehemiah 9:35
Context9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible 22 goodness that you had lavished 23 on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set 24 before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
Nehemiah 10:36
Context10:36 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.
Nehemiah 11:3
Context11:3 These are the provincial leaders 25 who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,
Nehemiah 12:43-44
Context12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.
12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 26 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 27 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 28
Nehemiah 13:21
Context13:21 But I warned them and said, 29 “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” 30 From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. 31
1 tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “all this,” but they have been added in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “my heart was advised upon me.”
3 tn Heb “nobles.”
4 tn Heb “taking a creditor’s debt.” The Hebrew noun מַשָּׁא (masha’) means “interest; debt” and probably refers to the collateral (pledge) collected by a creditor (HALOT 641-42 s.v.). This particular noun form appears only in Nehemiah (5:7, 10; 10:32); however, it is related to מַשָּׁאָה (masha’ah, “contractual loan; debt; collateral”) which appears elsewhere (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; cf. Neh 5:11). See the note on the word “people” at the end of v. 5. The BHS editors suggest emending the MT to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”), following several medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “his brothers.”
6 tn Heb “I gave.”
7 tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “according to this word.”
10 tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).
11 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew
12 tn Heb “brothers.”
13 tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.
14 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
15 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
16 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “relate.”
18 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
19 tn Heb “their seed.”
20 tn Heb “the sons.”
21 tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”
22 tn Heb “great.”
23 tn Heb “given them.”
24 tn Heb “given.”
25 tn Heb “the heads of the province.”
26 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).
27 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.
28 tn Heb “standing.”
29 tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.
30 tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”
31 sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.
