Nehemiah 1:9

1:9 But if you repent ¹  and obey ²  my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, ³  I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemiah 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ⁴  will live. They boldly turned from you; ⁵  they rebelled ⁶  and did not obey.

Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁷  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁸  to adhere to ⁹  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ¹⁰  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹¹  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemiah 13:5

13:5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping ¹²  the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

¹ tn Heb “turn to me.”

² tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

³ tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

⁴ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

⁵ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

⁶ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”

⁷ tn Heb “the nobles.”

⁸ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

⁹ tn Heb “to walk in.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

¹⁰ tn Heb “giving.”