Nehemia 3:31

3:31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, ¹  and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemia 4:3

4:3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Nehemia 5:9

5:9 Then I ²  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! ³  Should you not conduct yourselves ⁴  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

Nehemia 5:17

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, ⁵  in addition to those who came to us from the nations ⁶  all around us.

Nehemia 12:42

12:42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly ⁷  under the direction of Jezrahiah.

Nehemia 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ⁸  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

[3:31]  ¹ tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

[5:9]  ² tc The translation reads with the Qere and the ancient versions וָאוֹמַר (va’omar, “and I said”) rather than the MT Kethib, וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer, “and he said”).

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “not good.” The statement “The thing…is not good” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression which emphasizes the intended point (“The thing…is wrong!”) by negating its opposite.

[5:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “[should you not] walk.”

[5:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

[5:17]  ⁶ tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

[12:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “caused to hear.”

[13:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.