Nehemia 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ¹  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ² 

Nehemia 7:66

7:66 The entire group numbered 42,360,

Nehemia 10:32

10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling ³  the commands to give ⁴  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ⁵  of our God,

[6:8]  ¹ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

[6:8]  ² tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

[10:32]  ³ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

[10:32]  ⁴ tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

[10:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).