Nehemiah 9:6

9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, ¹  along with all their multitude of stars, ²  the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Nehemiah 9:24

9:24 Their descendants ³  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

Nehemiah 9:28

9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to ⁴  their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Nehemiah 12:44

12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from ⁵  the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah ⁶  took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. ⁷ 

Nehemiah 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ⁸  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ⁹  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “the heavens of the heavens.”

² tn Heb “all their host.”

³ tn Heb “the sons.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”

⁷ tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).

⁸ tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.

⁹ tn Heb “standing.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

¹¹ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.