Nehemia 9:8

9:8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a ¹  covenant with him to give his descendants ²  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ³  for you are righteous.

Nehemia 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ⁴  will live. They boldly turned from you; ⁵  they rebelled ⁶  and did not obey.

[9:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “your words.”

[9:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”