Nehemia 2:16

2:16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.

Nehemia 4:14

4:14 When I had made an inspection, ¹  I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, ²  and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!” ³ 

Nehemia 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ⁴  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemia 5:7

5:7 I considered these things carefully ⁵  and then registered a complaint with the wealthy ⁶  and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral ⁷  from your own countrymen!” ⁸  Because of them I called for ⁹  a great public assembly.

Nehemia 7:5

7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ¹⁰  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ¹¹  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ¹² 

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “And I saw.”

[4:14]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “houses.”

[4:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “much.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “my heart was advised upon me.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “nobles.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “taking a creditor’s debt.” The Hebrew noun מַשָּׁא (masha’) means “interest; debt” and probably refers to the collateral (pledge) collected by a creditor (HALOT 641-42 s.v.). This particular noun form appears only in Nehemiah (5:7, 10; 10:32); however, it is related to מַשָּׁאָה (masha’ah, “contractual loan; debt; collateral”) which appears elsewhere (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; cf. Neh 5:11). See the note on the word “people” at the end of v. 5. The BHS editors suggest emending the MT to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”), following several medieval Hebrew MSS; however, the result is not entirely clear: “you are bearing a burden, a man with his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “I gave.”

[7:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ¹² tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.