Nehemia 5:2

5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain ¹  grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Nehemia 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ²  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “take” (so also in v. 3).

[13:2]  ² tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.