Discovery BoxNehemiah 4:16 
Context4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, 1 shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people 2 of Judah
Nehemiah 4:22
Context4:22 At that time I instructed 3 the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.
Nehemiah 5:11
Context5:11 This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest 4 that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.”
Nehemiah 8:2
Context8:2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)
Nehemiah 8:13
Context8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders 5 met with 6 Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:17
Context8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. 7
Nehemiah 9:3
Context9:3 For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins 8 and worshiping the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 9:10
Context9:10 You performed awesome signs 9 against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians 10 had acted presumptuously 11 against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.
Nehemiah 12:43
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.
Nehemiah 13:1
Context13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing 12 of the people. They found 13 written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,
1 tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.
2 tn Heb “all the house.”
3 tn Heb “said [to].”
4 tc The MT reads וּמְאַת (umÿ’at, “and the hundredth”) which is somewhat enigmatic. The BHS editors suggest emending to וּמַשַּׁאת (umasha’t, “and the debt”) which refers to the interest or collateral (pledge) seized by a creditor (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; see HALOT 641-42 s.v. מַשָּׁא). The term מַשַּׁאת (masha’t) is related to the noun מָשָּׁא (masha’, “debt”) in 5:7, 10.
5 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
6 tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”
7 tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”
8 tn Heb “confessing.” The words “their sins” are not present in the Hebrew text of v. 3, but are clearly implied here because they are explicitly stated in v. 2.
9 tn Heb “signs and wonders.” This phrase is a hendiadys. The second noun functions adjectivally, while the first noun retains its full nominal sense: “awesome signs” or “miraculous signs.”
10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Or “arrogantly” (so NASB); NRSV “insolently.”
12 tn Heb “ears.”
13 tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.
