Nehemiah 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ¹  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ²  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ³ 

Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ⁴  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ⁵  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ⁶  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁷ 

Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁸  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁹  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ¹⁰  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ¹¹  All the people were eager to hear ¹²  the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:16

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things ¹³  back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple ¹⁴  of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

Nehemiah 9:10

9:10 You performed awesome signs ¹⁵  against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians ¹⁶  had acted presumptuously ¹⁷  against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.

Nehemiah 9:22

9:22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. ¹⁸  They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon ¹⁹  and the land of King Og of Bashan.

Nehemiah 9:24

9:24 Their descendants ²⁰  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

Nehemiah 9:32

9:32 “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity ²¹  – do not regard as inconsequential ²²  all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Nehemiah 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ²³  on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. ²⁴ 

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 ²⁵  at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ²⁶  of the people. They found ²⁷  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “And I saw.”

[4:14]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “houses.”

[4:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “much.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “said [to].”

[8:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

[8:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

[8:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

[8:16]  ¹⁶ tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the house.”

[9:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “signs and wonders.” This phrase is a hendiadys. The second noun functions adjectivally, while the first noun retains its full nominal sense: “awesome signs” or “miraculous signs.”

[9:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:10]  ²¹ tn Or “arrogantly” (so NASB); NRSV “insolently.”

[9:22]  ²² tn The words “of the land” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:22]  ²³ tc Most Hebrew MSS read “the land of Sihon and the land of the king of Heshbon.” The present translation (along with NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, CEV, NLT) follows the reading of one Hebrew MS, the LXX, and the Vulgate.

[9:24]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the sons.”

[9:32]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys. The second noun retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adjectivally: “the covenant and loyalty” = covenant fidelity.

[9:32]  ²⁹ tn Heb “do not let it seem small in your sight.”

[10:31]  ³¹ tn Heb “take.”

[10:31]  ³² tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.

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

[13:1]  ³⁷ tn Heb “ears.”

[13:1]  ³⁸ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.