Nehemia 9:8

9:8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a ¹  covenant with him to give his descendants ²  the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, ³  for you are righteous.

Nehemia 13:13

13:13 I gave instructions ⁴  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ⁵  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ⁶  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ⁷ 

[9:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the” (so NAB).

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “seed.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “your words.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “be over”

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “on their hand.”

[13:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “brothers.”