Discovery BoxNehemiah 5:14 
Context5:14 From the day that I was appointed 1 governor 2 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 3 ate the food allotted to the governor. 4
Nehemiah 10:34
Context10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families 5 at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.
1 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”).
2 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “brothers.”
4 tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.
5 tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”
