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 9:6

9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, ⁴  along with all their multitude of stars, ⁵  the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Nehemiah 9:8

9:8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a ⁶  covenant with him to give his descendants ⁷  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ⁸  for you are righteous.

Nehemiah 9:19

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ⁹  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemiah 9:22

9:22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. ¹⁰  They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon ¹¹  and the land of King Og of Bashan.

[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.

[9:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the heavens of the heavens.”

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “all their host.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “your words.”

[9:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”

[9:22]  ¹³ tn The words “of the land” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:22]  ¹⁴ 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.