Nehemia 2:12

2:12 I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one ¹  I was riding.

Nehemia 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ²  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the animal.”

[5:16]  ² tn Heb “we did not purchase.”