Nehemia 3:26

3:26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked ¹  up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

Nehemia 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ²  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ³  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemia 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ⁴  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ⁵  All the people were eager to hear ⁶  the book of the law.

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.

[3:26]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text lacks the verb “worked.” It is implied, however, and has been supplied in the translation.

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “like one man.”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “said [to].”

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

[8:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

[8:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

[8:16]  ⁷ tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the house.”