Discovery BoxNehemiah 5:8 
Context5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews 1 who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, 2 so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
Nehemiah 7:5
Context7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 3 the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 4 of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 5
Nehemiah 13:19
Context13:19 When the evening shadows 6 began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered 7 the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned 8 some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
1 tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”
2 tn Heb “your brothers.”
3 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
4 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
5 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”
7 tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).
8 tn Heb “caused to stand.”
