Nehemiah 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ¹  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ²  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ³ 

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ⁴  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ⁵  All the people were eager to hear ⁶  the book of the law.

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ⁷  of the people. They found ⁸  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

[8:3]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

[13:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “ears.”

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.