Nehemia 5:1

Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed

5:1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ¹ 

Nehemia 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives ²  and my associates ³  are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! ⁴ 

Nehemia 6:15

The Rebuilding of the Wall Is Finally Completed

6:15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days.

Nehemia 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors ⁵  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ⁶  and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemia 10:9

10:9 The Levites were as follows:

Jeshua ⁷  son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel.

Nehemia 11:13

11:13 and his colleagues who were heads of families ⁸  – 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Nehemia 13:24

13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ⁹ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “their brothers the Jews.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “lads.”

[5:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

[9:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).

[10:9]  ⁷ tc With many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and the ancient versions the translation reads יְשׁוּעַ (yÿshua’, “Jeshua”) rather than the reading וְיֵשׁוּעַ (vÿyeshua’, “and Jeshua”) of BHS.

[11:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “heads of fathers.”

[13:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “people and people.”