Nehemia 3:17

3:17 After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and ¹  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

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 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 13:19

13:19 When the evening shadows ⁸  began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered ⁹  the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned ¹⁰  some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Nehemia 13:22

13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

[3:17]  ¹ tc The translation reads וְעַל (vÿ’al, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (’al, “unto”).

[4:16]  ² tc The MT reads “and spears.” The conjunction should be deleted.

[4:16]  ³ tn Heb “all the house.”

[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.”

[13:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”

[13:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).

[13:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “caused to stand.”