Nehemiah 13:9

13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ¹  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

Nehemiah 13:11

13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ² 

Nehemiah 13:17

13:17 So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ³  this, they were greatly disheartened. ⁴  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁵  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁶  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

[13:9]  ¹ tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

[13:11]  ² tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”

[6:16]  ³ tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “said [to].”