Nehemia 1:9

1:9 But if you repent ¹  and obey ²  my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, ³  I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemia 2:18

2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what ⁴  the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” ⁵  So they readied themselves ⁶  for this good project.

Nehemia 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁷  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁸  to adhere to ⁹  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ¹⁰  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ¹¹  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to me.”

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁸ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “to walk in.”

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

[10:29]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).