Nehemia 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ¹  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

Nehemia 9:38

The People Pledge to be Faithful

9:38 (10:1) ²  “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant ³  in written form; ⁴  our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names ⁵  on the sealed document.”

Nehemia 12:45

12:45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and ⁶  his son Solomon.

Nehemia 13:10

13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.

Nehemia 13:31

13:31 I also provided for ⁷  the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits.

Please remember me for good, O my God.

[5:16]  ¹ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

[9:38]  ² sn Beginning with 9:38, the verse numbers through 10:39 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:38 ET = 10:1 HT, 10:1 ET = 10:2 HT, 10:2 ET = 10:3 HT, etc., through 10:39 ET = 10:40 HT. Beginning with 11:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[9:38]  ³ tn Heb “we are cutting.”

[9:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “and writing.”

[9:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “our leaders, our Levites, and our priests on the sealed document.” The Hebrew text is elliptical here; the words “have affixed their names” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. Cf. v. 2.

[12:45]  ⁶ tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.

[13:31]  ⁷ 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.