Nehemiah 12:32

12:32 Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah,

Nehemiah 5:9

5:9 Then I ¹  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! ²  Should you not conduct yourselves ³  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

Nehemiah 6:2

6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim ⁴  in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm.

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁵  in Jerusalem ⁶  on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” ⁷ 

Nehemiah 6:17

6:17 In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

Nehemiah 8:12

8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food ⁸  with others ⁹  and to enjoy tremendous joy, ¹⁰  for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

Nehemiah 9:12

9:12 You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

Nehemiah 12:38

12:38 The second choir was proceeding ¹¹  in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

Nehemiah 2:16-17

2:16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers. 2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

Nehemiah 8:10

8:10 He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. ¹²  Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Nehemiah 9:19

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ¹³  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ¹⁴  and enter into a curse and an oath ¹⁵  to adhere to ¹⁶  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ¹⁷  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹⁸  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

[5:9]  ¹ tc The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (va’omar, “and I said”) rather than the MT Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer, “and he said”).

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing…is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing…is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “[should you not] walk.”

[6:2]  ¹ tn It is not entirely clear whether the Hebrew word כְּפִירִים (kÿfirim) is a place-name not mentioned elsewhere in the OT (as indicated in the present translation; so also NAB, NASB) or whether it means “in [one of] the villages” (so, e.g., NIV, NRSV, NLT; see BDB 499 s.v.; HALOT 493 s.v.). The LXX and Vulgate understand it in the latter sense. Some scholars connect this term with the identically spelled word כּפירים (“lions”) as a figurative description of princes or warriors (e.g., Pss 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; Jer 2:15; Ezek 32:2, 13; Nah 2:14; see HALOT 493 s.v.): “let us meet together with the leaders in the plain of Ono.”

[6:7]  ¹ tn Heb “call.”

[6:7]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:7]  ³ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “to send portions.”

[8:12]  ² tn The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ³ tn Heb “to make great joy.”

[12:38]  ¹ tc The translation reads הוֹלֶכֶת (holekhet, “was proceeding”) rather than the MT הַהוֹלֶכֶת (haholekhet, “the one proceeding”). The MT probably reflects dittography – accidental writing of ה (hey) twice instead of once.

[8:10]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”

[10:29]  ¹ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ² tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ³ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).