Nehemia 4:23

4:23 We did not change clothes ¹  – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. ² 

Nehemia 13:30-31

13:30 So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific ³  duties to the priests and the Levites. 13:31 I also provided for ⁴  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits.

Please remember me for good, O my God.

[4:23]  ¹ tn Heb “strip off our garments.”

[4:23]  ² tc Heb “a man, his weapon, the waters.” The MT, if in fact it is correct, is elliptical and difficult. Some scholars emend the MT reading הַמָּיִם (hammayim, “the waters”) to בִּמִנוֹ (bimino, “in his right hand”; cf. NAB, NRSV) or מִינוּ(י)הֵ (heminu, “they held on the right side”).

[13:30]  ³ tn Heb “a man in his work.”

[13:31]  ⁴ tn The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.