Nehemiah 2:12

2:12 I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one ¹  I was riding.

Nehemiah 2:20

2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. ²  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ³ 

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ⁴  this, they were greatly disheartened. ⁵  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 8:6

8:6 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ⁶  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁷  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁸  as was required. ⁹ 

Nehemiah 10:38

10:38 A priest of Aaron’s line ¹⁰  will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

Nehemiah 12:24

12:24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ¹¹  David the man of God.

Nehemiah 12:43

12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ¹²  of the people. They found ¹³  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

Nehemiah 13:18

13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors ¹⁴  acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”

Nehemiah 13:22

13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the animal.”

[2:20]  ² tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).

[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”).

[8:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the last day.”

[8:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

[10:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”

[12:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”

[13:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “ears.”

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.

[13:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”