Nehemiah 2

a 2:13 Or Serpent or Fig

Nehemiah 3

a 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor

b 3:6 Or Old

c 3:13 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters

d 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam

e 3:16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tomb

f 3:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 24); most Hebrew manuscripts Bavvai

Nehemiah 4

a In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:33-38, and 4:7-23 is numbered 4:1-17.

b 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

c 4:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Nehemiah 5

a 5:15 That is, about 1 pound or about 460 grams

b 5:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac I

Nehemiah 6

a 6:2 Or in Kephirim

b 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu, a variant of Geshem

Nehemiah 7

a 7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.

b 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms

c 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72

d 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons

e 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons

Nehemiah 8

a 8:8 Or God, translating it

b 8:15 See Lev. 23:37-40.

Nehemiah 9

a 9:5 Or God for ever and ever

b 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds

c 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the

d 9:38 In Hebrew texts this verse (9:38) is numbered 10:1.

Nehemiah 10

a In Hebrew texts 10:1-39 is numbered 10:2-40.

b 10:32 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams

c 10:33 Or purification offerings

Nehemiah 11

a 11:14 Most Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew their

Nehemiah 12

a 12:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 16); most Hebrew manuscripts Ginnethoi

b 12:5 A variant of Miniamin

c 12:14 Very many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also verse 3); most Hebrew manuscripts Shebaniah’s

d 12:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 3); Hebrew Meraioth’s

e 12:31 Or go alongside

f 12:31 Or proceed alongside

g 12:38 Or them alongside

h 12:39 Or Old