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 8:14
Context8:14 They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through 3 Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,
Nehemiah 10:35
Context10:35 We also accept responsibility for 4 bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the LORD.
Nehemiah 12:35
Context12:35 some of the priests 5 with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
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 “by the hand of.”
4 tn The words “we accept responsibility” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are inferred from v. 33 (so also in v. 37).
5 tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”
