Nehemiah 13:31

13:31 I also provided for ¹  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits.

Please remember me for good, O my God.

Nehemiah 8:15

8:15 and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message ²  in all their cities and in Jerusalem: ³  “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

Nehemiah 10:35

10:35 We also accept responsibility for ⁴  bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the LORD.

Nehemiah 2:8

2:8 and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, ⁵  so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall ⁶  and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, ⁷  for the good hand of my God was on me.

Nehemiah 8:4

8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform ⁸  constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Nehemiah 9:25

9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full ⁹  and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.

Nehemiah 10:34

10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families ¹⁰  at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

Nehemiah 10:37

10:37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce ¹¹  of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. ¹² 

[13:31]  ¹ tn The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[8:15]  ² tn Heb “a voice.”

[8:15]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:35]  ³ tn The words “we accept responsibility” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are inferred from v. 33 (so also in v. 37).

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Or “forest.” So HALOT 963 s.v. פַּרְדֵּס 2.

[2:8]  ⁵ tc One medieval Hebrew MS, the Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate, and the Arabic read here the plural וּלְחוֹמוֹת (ulÿkhomot, “walls”) against the singular וּלְחוֹמַת (ulÿkhomat) in the MT. The plural holem vav (וֹ) might have dropped out due to dittography or the plural form might have been written defectively.

[2:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.

[8:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “a tower of wood.”

[9:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.”

[10:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”

[10:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”

[10:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “of our work.”