Nehemiah 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors ¹  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ²  and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemiah 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ³  the commands to give ⁴  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ⁵  of our God,

Nehemiah 11:23

11:23 For they were under royal orders ⁶  which determined their activity day by day. ⁷ 

Nehemiah 12:45

12:45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and ⁸  his son Solomon.

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

[9:16]  ² tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).

[10:32]  ³ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

[10:32]  ⁴ tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

[10:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “the commandment of the king was over them.”

[11:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[12:45]  ⁷ tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.