Nehemiah 5:6

5:6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. ¹ 

Nehemiah 6:5

6:5 The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

Nehemiah 9:9

9:9 “You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea. ² 

Nehemiah 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors ³  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ⁴  and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemiah 12:30

12:30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Nehemiah 13:8-9

13:8 I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom. 13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ⁵  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

Nehemiah 13:11

13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 13:23

13:23 Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

[5:6]  ¹ tn Heb “words.”

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “the Sea of Reeds.” Traditionally this is identified as the Red Sea, and the modern designation has been used in the translation for clarity.

[9:16]  ³ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).

[13:9]  ⁴ tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”