Nehemiah 4:22
4:22 At that time I instructed
1 the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.
Nehemiah 9:3
9:3 For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the
LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins
2 and worshiping the
LORD their God.
Nehemiah 12:43
12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.
Nehemiah 13:1
Further Reforms by Nehemiah
13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing 3 of the people. They found 4 written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,
1 tn Heb “said [to].”
2 tn Heb “confessing.” The words “their sins” are not present in the Hebrew text of v. 3, but are clearly implied here because they are explicitly stated in v. 2.
3 tn Heb “ears.”
4 tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.