Nehemia 8:18

8:18 Ezra ¹  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ²  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ³  as was required. ⁴ 

Nehemia 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁵  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁶  to adhere to ⁷  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁸  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ⁹  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemia 13:26

13:26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made ¹⁰  him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ² tn Heb “the last day.”

[8:18]  ³ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

[10:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁶ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gave.”