Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ¹  met with ²  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 12:22-23

12:22 As for the Levites, ³  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles ⁴  as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

[8:13]  ¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ² tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[12:22]  ³ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

[12:23]  ⁵ tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”