Nehemiah 11:10

11:10 From the priests:

Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin,

Nehemiah 7:64

7:64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded¹ from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 13:8

13:8 I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.

Nehemiah 1:2-3

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives,² along with some of the men from Judah, came to me,³ and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.⁴

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable⁵ adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”⁶

Nehemiah 3:20

3:20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Nehemiah 5:17

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely,⁷ in addition to those who came to us from the nations⁸ all around us.

Nehemiah 6:9

6:9 All of them were wanting⁹ to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.”

So now, strengthen my hands!¹⁰

Nehemiah 4:16

4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears,¹¹ shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people¹² of Judah

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon¹³ before the men and women and those children who could understand.¹⁴ All the people were eager to hear¹⁵ the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:17-18

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy.¹⁶ 8:18 Ezra¹⁷ read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last.¹⁸ They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly¹⁹ as was required.²⁰

Nehemiah 9:5

9:5 The Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah – said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God!”

“May you be blessed, O LORD our God, from age to age.²¹ May your glorious name²² be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.

Nehemiah 11:1

The Population of Jerusalem

11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem,²³ while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine²⁴ remained in other cities.

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem,²⁵ for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time²⁶ I had requested leave of the king,

Nehemiah 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions²⁷ that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of²⁸ the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant,²⁹ for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.³⁰

Nehemiah 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said,³¹ “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!”³² From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.³³

¹tn Heb “they were desecrated.”

¹tn Heb “brothers.”

²tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

³map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹tn Heb “great.”

²tn 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.

¹tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

²tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

¹tn The participle has a desiderative nuance here, describing the desire of the subject and not necessarily the actual outcome. See also v. 14.

²tn The statement “So now, strengthen my hands” is frequently understood as an implied prayer, but is taken differently by NAB (“But instead, I now redoubled my efforts”).

¹tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

²tn Heb “all the house.”

¹tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

²tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

³tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

¹tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”

¹tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “the last day.”

³tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

¹tc The MT reads here only “from age to age,” without the preceding words “May you be blessed, O LORD our God” which are included in the present translation. But apparently something has dropped out of the text. This phrase occurs elsewhere in the OT as a description of the Lord (see Ps 41:13; 106:48), and it seems best to understand it here in that light. The LXX adds “And Ezra said” at the beginning of v. 6 as a transition: “And Ezra said, ‘You alone are the LORD.” Without this addition (which is not included by most modern English translations) the speakers of vv. 9:5b-10:1 continue to be the Levites of v. 5a.

²tn Heb “the name of your glory.”

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

²tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.

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

²tn Heb “to the end of days.”

¹tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

²tn Heb “be over”

³tn Heb “on their hand.”

⁴tn Heb “brothers.”

¹tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

²tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

³sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.