Nehemiah 1:7-8

1:7 We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses. 1:8 Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. ¹ 

Nehemiah 7:2

7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem ²  my brother Hanani and Hananiah ³  the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

Nehemiah 8:14

8:14 They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through ⁴  Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,

Nehemiah 9:14

9:14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through ⁵  Moses your servant.

Nehemiah 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed ⁶  governor ⁷  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 ⁸  ate the food allotted to the governor. ⁹ 

Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ¹⁰  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ¹¹  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

¹ tn Heb “peoples.”

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.

¹ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

¹ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

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 MS פֶּחָה (pekhah, “governor”) rather than פֶּחָם (pekham, “their governor”) of the MT. One would expect the form with pronominal suffix to have a tav (ת) before the suffix.

³ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁴ tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

¹ tn Heb “like one man.”

² tn Heb “said [to].”