Nehemiah 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ¹  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemiah 6:16

6:16 When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw ²  this, they were greatly disheartened. ³  They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

Nehemiah 7:70

7:70 Some of the family leaders ⁴  contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, ⁵  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “much.”

[6:16]  ² tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).

[6:16]  ³ 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”).

[7:70]  ³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[7:70]  ⁴ tn Heb “darics” (also in vv. 71, 72).