Nehemiah 12:23

12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ¹  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ²  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ³  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁴ 

Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁵  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁶  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ⁷  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ⁸  All the people were eager to hear ⁹  the book of the law.

¹ tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”

² tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

³ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

⁴ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “like one man.”

⁴ tn Heb “said [to].”

⁴ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

⁵ tn 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).

⁶ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”