Nehemia 3:15

3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, ¹  by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

Nehemia 4:16

4:16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, ²  shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people ³  of Judah

Nehemia 7:73

7:73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.

The People Respond to the Reading of the Law

When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites ⁴  were settled in their cities, ⁵ 

Nehemia 8:7

8:7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah – all of whom were Levites ⁶  – were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing.

Nehemia 8:16

8:16 So the people went out and brought these things ⁷  back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple ⁸  of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

Nehemia 9:11

9:11 You split the sea before them, and they crossed through ⁹  the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers ¹⁰  into the depths, like a stone into surging ¹¹  waters.

Nehemia 9:17

9:17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. ¹²  But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. ¹³  You did not abandon them,

Nehemia 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ¹⁴  goodness that you had lavished ¹⁵  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹⁶  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Nehemia 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ¹⁷  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. ¹⁸ 

Nehemia 10:33

10:33 for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God.

Nehemia 11:22

11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.

Nehemia 12:47

12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. ¹⁹  They also set aside ²⁰  the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

¹ tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV “Shelah”). It apparently refers to the Pool of Siloam whose water supply came from the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah’s Tunnel built in 701 B.C. (cf. Isa 8:6). See BDB 1019 s.v. שִׁלֹחַ; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 372. On the etymology of the word, which is a disputed matter, see HALOT 1517 s.v. III שֶׁלַח.

² tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

³ tn Heb “all the house.”

⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.” So also in vv. 14, 17; 9:1.

⁵ tn The traditional understanding of the chapter and verse division here is probably incorrect. The final part of v. 73 is best understood as belonging with 8:1.

⁶ tc The MT reads “and the Levites.” The conjunction (“and”) should be deleted, following the LXX, Aquila, and the Vulgate. That the vav (ו) of the MT is the vav explicativum (“even the Levites”) is unlikely here.

⁷ tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “the house.”

⁹ tn Heb “in the midst of.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “those who pursued them.”

¹¹ tn Heb “mighty.”

¹² tc The present translation follows a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX in reading בְּמִצְרָיִם (bÿmitsrayim, “in Egypt”; so also NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT) rather than the MT reading בְּמִרְיָם (bÿmiryam, “in their rebellion”).

¹³ tc The translation follows the Qere reading חֶסֶד (khesed, “loyal love”) rather than the Kethib reading וְחֶסֶד (vÿkhesed, “and loyal love”) of the MT.

¹⁴ tn Heb “great.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “given them.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “given.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “take.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.

¹⁹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

²⁰ tn Heb “were sanctifying.”