Discovery BoxNehemiah 9:24 
Context9:24 Their descendants 1 entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.
Nehemiah 9:27
Context9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from 2 their adversaries.
Nehemiah 10:29
Context10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders 3 and enter into a curse and an oath 4 to adhere to 5 the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey 6 carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, 7 along with his ordinances and his statutes.
Nehemiah 12:44
Context12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 8 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 9 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 10
1 tn Heb “the sons.”
2 tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”
3 tn Heb “the nobles.”
4 tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”
5 tn Heb “to walk in.”
6 tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
7 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
8 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).
9 tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.
10 tn Heb “standing.”
