Nehemia 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.

Nehemia 9:34

9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

Nehemia 12:22

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.

[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.