Nehemiah 5:12

5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, ¹  and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials ²  swear to do what had been promised. ³ 

Nehemiah 6:13

6:13 He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I ⁴  would be discredited. ⁵ 

¹ tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “according to this word.”

⁴ tc The translation reads לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the MT reading לָהֶם (lahem, “to them”).

⁵ tn Heb “would have a bad name.”