Nehemiah 10:35

10:35 We also accept responsibility for ¹  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 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed ²  governor ³  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 ⁴  ate the food allotted to the governor. ⁵ 

Nehemiah 9:21

9:21 For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Nehemiah 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ⁶  the commands to give ⁷  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ⁸  of our God,

Nehemiah 10:34

10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families ⁹  at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ¹⁰ These are the words of Nehemiah ¹¹  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ¹²  I was in Susa ¹³  the citadel.

Nehemiah 2:1

Nehemiah Is Permitted to Go to Jerusalem

2:1 Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, ¹⁴  I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously ¹⁵  I had not been depressed ¹⁶  in the king’s presence. ¹⁷ 

Nehemiah 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ¹⁸  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ¹⁹  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ²⁰ 

Nehemiah 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ²¹  on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. ²² 

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ²³  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ²⁴  I had requested leave of the king,

¹ tn The words “we accept responsibility” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are inferred from v. 33 (so also in v. 37).

² 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”).

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁵ tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

³ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

⁴ tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).

⁴ tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

⁷ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

⁸ tn Heb “Shushan.”

⁶ tc The translation reads with the LXX וְיַיִן לְפָנַי (vÿyayin lÿfanay, “and wine before me”) rather than יַיִן לְפָנָיו (yayin lÿfanayv, “wine before him”) of the MT. The initial vav (ו) on original וְיַיִן probably dropped out due to haplograpy or orthographic confusion with the two yods (י) which follow. The final vav on לְפָנָיו in the MT was probably added due to dittography with the vav on the immediately following word.

⁷ tc The translation reads לְפָנֵים (lÿfanim, “formerly”) rather than לְפָנָיו (lÿfanayv, “to his face”) of the MT. The MT seems to suggest that Nehemiah was not sad before the king, which is contrary to what follows.

⁸ tn Or “showed him a sullen face.” See HALOT 1251 s.v. רַע, רָע 9.

⁹ tn This expression is either to be inferred from the context, or perhaps one should read לְפָנָיו (lÿfanayv, “before him”; cf. the MT) in addition to לְפָנִים (lÿfanim, “formerly”). See preceding note on the word “previously.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

⁹ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

⁸ tn Heb “take.”

⁹ tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to the end of days.”