Nehemiah 8:13

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

Nehemiah 12:22-23

12:22 As for the Levites, 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 as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.


tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

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

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

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