Nehemia 9:32

9:32 “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity ¹  – do not regard as inconsequential ²  all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Nehemia 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 ³  because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –

Nehemia 10:37

10:37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce ⁴  of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. ⁵ 

Nehemia 13:5

13:5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping ⁶  the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

[9:32]  ¹ tn Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys. The second noun retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adjectivally: “the covenant and loyalty” = covenant fidelity.

[9:32]  ² tn Heb “do not let it seem small in your sight.”

[10:28]  ³ tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.

[10:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”

[10:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “of our work.”

[13:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “giving.”