Nehemia 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ¹  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ²  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ³ 

Nehemia 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁴  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁵  to adhere to ⁶  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁷  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ⁸  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Nehemia 10:34

10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families ⁹  at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

Nehemia 10:37

10:37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce ¹⁰  of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. ¹¹ 

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “And I saw.”

[4:14]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “houses.”

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁵ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[10:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”

[10:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”

[10:37]  ¹¹ tn Heb “of our work.”