Nehemiah 5:2

5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain ¹  grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Nehemiah 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ²  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

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.

¹ tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).

² tn Heb “we did not purchase.”