Nehemiah 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ¹  the commands to give ²  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ³  of our God,

Nehemiah 11:23

11:23 For they were under royal orders ⁴  which determined their activity day by day. ⁵ 

Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁶  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁷  to adhere to ⁸  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁹  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹⁰  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemiah 13:5

13:5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping ¹¹  the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

[10:32]  ¹ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

[10:32]  ² tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

[10:32]  ³ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).

[11:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “the commandment of the king was over them.”

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁸ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[13:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “giving.”