Nehemia 8:15

8:15 and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message ¹  in all their cities and in Jerusalem: ²  “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.”

Nehemia 9:37

9:37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, ³  and we are in great distress!

Nehemia 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions ⁴  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ⁵  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ⁶  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ⁷ 

Nehemia 13:18

13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors ⁸  acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”

[8:15]  ¹ tn Heb “a voice.”

[8:15]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:37]  ³ tn Heb “according to their desire.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “be over”

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “on their hand.”

[13:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “brothers.”

[13:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”