Nehemiah 9:22

9:22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. ¹  They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon ²  and the land of King Og of Bashan.

Nehemiah 9:24

9:24 Their descendants ³  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

Nehemiah 9:23

9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

Nehemiah 10:30

10:30 “We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

Nehemiah 4:4

4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

Nehemiah 8:6

8:6 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ⁴  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ⁵  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 9:36

9:36 “So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy ⁷  its good things – we are slaves!

Nehemiah 5:14

5:14 From the day that I was appointed ⁸  governor ⁹  in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives ¹⁰  ate the food allotted to the governor. ¹¹ 

Nehemiah 9:6

9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, ¹²  along with all their multitude of stars, ¹³  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 ¹⁴  covenant with him to give his descendants ¹⁵  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ¹⁶  for you are righteous.

Nehemiah 9:10

9:10 You performed awesome signs ¹⁷  against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians ¹⁸  had acted presumptuously ¹⁹  against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.

Nehemiah 9:15

9:15 You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn ²⁰  to give them.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ²¹  goodness that you had lavished ²²  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ²³  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemiah 10:28

10:28 “Now the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples ²⁴  because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –

Nehemiah 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ²⁵  on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. ²⁶ 

[9:22]  ¹ tn The words “of the land” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:22]  ² 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.

[9:24]  ³ tn Heb “the sons.”

[9:30]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[9:36]  ⁷ tn The expression “to enjoy” is not included in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:14]  ⁹ tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).

[5:14]  ¹⁰ tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS פֶּחָה (pekhah, “governor”) rather than פֶּחָם (pekham, “their governor”) of the MT. One would expect the form with pronominal suffix to have a tav (ת) before the suffix.

[5:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:14]  ¹² tn Heb “the food of the governor.” Cf. v. 18.

[9:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the heavens of the heavens.”

[9:6]  ¹² tn Heb “all their host.”

[9:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your words.”

[9:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “signs and wonders.” This phrase is a hendiadys. The second noun functions adjectivally, while the first noun retains its full nominal sense: “awesome signs” or “miraculous signs.”

[9:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:10]  ¹⁷ tn Or “arrogantly” (so NASB); NRSV “insolently.”

[9:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “had lifted your hand.”

[9:35]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “great.”

[9:35]  ²⁰ tn Heb “given them.”

[9:35]  ²¹ tn Heb “given.”

[10:28]  ²¹ tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.

[10:31]  ²³ tn Heb “take.”

[10:31]  ²⁴ tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.