Nehemia 1:9

1:9 But if you repent ¹  and obey ²  my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, ³  I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

Nehemia 5:12

5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, ⁴  and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials ⁵  swear to do what had been promised. ⁶ 

Nehemia 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ⁷  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ⁸  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁹ 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to me.”

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

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “at the end of the heavens.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to this word.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.