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 5:17

5:17 There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, ²  in addition to those who came to us from the nations ³  all around us.

Nehemia 6:11

6:11 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? ⁴  I will not go!”

Nehemia 7:46

7:46 The temple servants:

the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

Nehemia 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ⁵  met with ⁶  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemia 11:15

11:15 From the Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

Nehemia 12:22

12:22 As for the Levites, ⁷  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

Nehemia 12:39

12:39 over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, ⁸  the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped ⁹  at the Gate of the Guard.

Nehemia 12:45

12:45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and ¹⁰  his son Solomon.

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

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “who were gathered around us at my table.”

[5:17]  ³ tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16.

[6:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “go into the temple and live.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[12:22]  ⁷ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

[12:39]  ⁸ tn Or “the Old Gate” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[12:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “they stood.”

[12:45]  ¹⁰ tc With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS.