Nehemiah 4:17

4:17 who were rebuilding the wall. ¹  Those who were carrying loads did so ²  by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

Nehemiah 7:30

7:30 the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Nehemiah 7:37

7:37 the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

Nehemiah 7:66

7:66 The entire group numbered 42,360,

Nehemiah 1:2

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, ³  along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, ⁴  and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. ⁵ 

Nehemiah 8:2

8:2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)

Nehemiah 5:18

5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ⁶  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ⁷  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 11:1

The Population of Jerusalem

11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, ⁸  while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine ⁹  remained in other cities.

[4:17]  ¹ tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.

[4:17]  ² tn Heb “were carrying loads.” The LXX reads ἐν ὅπλοις (en hoplois, “with weapons”).

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[1:2]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “said [to].”

[11:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.