Nehemiah 3:17

3:17 After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and ¹  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ²  of the province who returned ³  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ⁴  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 8:14

8:14 They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through ⁵  Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,

Nehemiah 11:7

11:7 These are the descendants of Benjamin:

Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah,

Nehemiah 12:23

12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ⁶  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ⁷  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

[3:17]  ¹ tc The translation reads וְעַל (vÿ’al, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (’al, “unto”).

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[12:23]  ⁴ tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.