Nehemiah 3:31

3:31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, ¹  and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemiah 4:23

4:23 We did not change clothes ²  – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. ³ 

Nehemiah 3:30

3:30 After him ⁴  Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.

Nehemiah 4:16

4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, ⁵  shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people ⁶  of Judah

Nehemiah 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ⁷  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

[3:31]  ¹ tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

[4:23]  ² tn Heb “strip off our garments.”

[4:23]  ³ tc Heb “a man, his weapon, the waters.” The MT, if in fact it is correct, is elliptical and difficult. Some scholars emend the MT reading הַמָּיִם (hammayim, “the waters”) to בִּמִנוֹ (bimino, “in his right hand”; cf. NAB, NRSV) or מִינוּ(י)הֵ (heminu, “they held on the right side”).

[3:30]  ³ tc The translation reads אַחֲרָיו (’akharayv, “after him”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than the reading אַחֲרֵי (’akharey, “after me”) of the MT. So also in v. 31.

[4:16]  ⁴ tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

[4:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the house.”

[9:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”