Nehemiah 4:4

4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Nehemiah 7:71

7:71 Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ¹  met with ²  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 11:13

11:13 and his colleagues who were heads of families ³  – 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Nehemiah 12:22-24

12:22 As for the Levites, ⁴  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ⁵  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. 12:24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ⁶  David the man of God.

¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

² tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

¹ tn Heb “heads of fathers.”

¹ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

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

¹ tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”