Nehemiah 4:18

4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter ¹  remained with me.

Nehemiah 5:17

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, ²  in addition to those who came to us from the nations ³  all around us.

Nehemiah 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ⁴  the commands to give ⁵  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ⁶  of our God,

Nehemiah 11:20

11:20 And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

Nehemiah 13:24

13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ⁷ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

¹ tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

² tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

³ tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

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 “people and people.”