Nehemia 7:6

7:6 These are the people ¹  of the province who returned ²  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ³  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemia 11:3

11:3 These are the provincial leaders ⁴  who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,

Nehemia 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions ⁵  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ⁶  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ⁷  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ⁸ 

Nehemia 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off ⁹  your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “who were going up.”

[7:6]  ³ tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

[11:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the heads of the province.”

[13:13]  ⁵ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “be over”

[13:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “on their hand.”

[13:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[13:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “give.”