Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ¹  and enter into a curse and an oath ²  to adhere to ³  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁴  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ⁵  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemiah 10:2

10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ⁶  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ⁷ 

Nehemiah 1:2

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, ⁸  along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, ⁹  and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ¹¹ These are the words of Nehemiah ¹²  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ¹³  I was in Susa ¹⁴  the citadel.

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ¹⁵ These are the words of Nehemiah ¹⁶  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ¹⁷  I was in Susa ¹⁸  the citadel.

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ¹⁹ These are the words of Nehemiah ²⁰  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ²¹  I was in Susa ²²  the citadel.

Nehemiah 1:10

1:10 They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand.

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ²³ These are the words of Nehemiah ²⁴  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ²⁵  I was in Susa ²⁶  the citadel.

Ezra 10:3

10:3 Therefore let us enact ²⁷  a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, ²⁸  and that of those who respect ²⁹  the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

¹ tn Heb “the nobles.”

² tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

³ tn Heb “to walk in.”

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

⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

⁶ tn Heb “great.”

⁷ tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

¹² sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

¹³ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

¹⁴ tn Heb “Shushan.”

¹⁵ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

¹⁶ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

¹⁷ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

¹⁸ tn Heb “Shushan.”

¹⁹ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

²⁰ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

²¹ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

²² tn Heb “Shushan.”

²³ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

²⁴ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

²⁵ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

²⁶ tn Heb “Shushan.”

²⁷ tn Heb “cut.”

²⁸ tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.

²⁹ tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”