Nehemia 9:19

9:19 “Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, ¹  nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Nehemia 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ²  will live. They boldly turned from you; ³  they rebelled ⁴  and did not obey.

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.”

[9:29]  ² tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ³ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”