Discovery BoxNehemiah 7:65 
Context7:65 The governor 1 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 2 the Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah 13:2
Context13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food 3 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)
1 tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.
2 tn Heb “stood.”
3 tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.
