Nehemia 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, ¹  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ²  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ³ 

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, ⁴  will live. They boldly turned from you; ⁵  they rebelled ⁶  and did not obey.

[13:21]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:21]  ² tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

[13:21]  ³ sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.

[9:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”