Nehemia 8:9

8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, ¹  Ezra the priestly scribe, ²  and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, ³  “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemia 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ⁴  and enter into a curse and an oath ⁵  to adhere to ⁶  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁷  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ⁸  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

[8:9]  ¹ tc The unexpected reference to Nehemiah here has led some scholars to suspect that the phrase “Nehemiah the governor” is a later addition to the text and not original.

[8:9]  ² tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “the nobles.”

[10:29]  ⁵ tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

[10:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[10:29]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).