- 1 Nehemiah 1 1 Nehemiah 1 (11 verses in the MT) opens: The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, The middle of the chapter continues: Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you mayest hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the. It closes: O Lord, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy.
- 2 Nehemiah 2 2 Nehemiah 2 (20 verses in the MT) opens: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine before him: and I took up the wine, and gave to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. The middle of the chapter continues: So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. It closes: Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- 3 Nehemiah 3 3 Nehemiah 3 (38 verses in the MT) opens: And he arose Eliashib the priest the great and his brothers the priests and they built the gate of the flock they and you shall consecrate standing the door and to and a tower Meah and you shall consecrate until and a. The middle of the chapter continues: After him and it burned be strong Baruch son of Zabbai Zaccai measurement a second time from the corners until the entrance of the house of Eliashib the priest the great. It closes: And he built the city-wall and tied all the city-wall until and half of and it happened the heart of as a people to do.
- 4 Nehemiah 4 4 Nehemiah 4 (17 verses in the MT) opens: And it happened just as listen Sanballat Tobiah Arabian but the Ammonites and the Ashdodite for it came up and the city-wall Jerusalem for began he break out stopped them up and it burned to them very. The middle of the chapter continues: And it happened just as his hearing your enemies for it is known to us he has broken God counsel and he returned and we have returned it all of us to the city-wall a man to his work. It closes: And there is no I and brother of the boy and the men of in custody that after there is not we and he shall take off his garments a man dart the waters.
- 5 Nehemiah 5 5 Nehemiah 5 (19 verses in the MT) opens: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. The middle of the chapter continues: I likewise, my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. It closes: Think upon me, my God, for good, to all that I have done for this people.
- 6 Nehemiah 6 6 Nehemiah 6 (19 verses in the MT) opens: Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the. The middle of the chapter continues: Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for. It closes: Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
- 7 Nehemiah 7 7 Nehemiah 7 (72 verses in the MT) opens: And it happened just as was built the city-wall standing the door their mustered (men) doorkeeper I will sing but the Levites. The middle of the chapter continues: The sons of Lod Hadid and seven hundred and twenty and one. It closes: And settled the priests but the Levites doorkeeper I will sing and from the people and and all Israel in their cities and touched the month the seventh and the sons of Israel in their cities.
- 8 Nehemiah 8 8 Nehemiah 8 (18 verses in the MT) opens: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that before the water gate; and they spake to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH had commanded to Israel. The middle of the chapter continues: Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for day holy to our Lord: neither be you sorry; for the joy of YHWH is your strength. It closes: Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day a solemn assembly, according to the manner.
- 9 Nehemiah 9 9 Nehemiah 9 (37 verses in the MT) opens: And on the day twenty and four of the month this were gathered the sons of Israel fast sackcloth the ground upon them. The middle of the chapter continues: And you compassion the many not you have forsaken in the wilderness pillar of the cloud not he turned aside from them by day led him on the way and pillar of the fire in the night to give light to them and the way that. It closes: Its yield having many king of that you have given upon us as a sin offering and on our bodies ruling beast favor and troubles great we.
- 10 Nehemiah 10 10 Nehemiah 10 (40 verses in the MT) opens: And with all this we shall be cut off certain portion and he wrote and on sealed chief of the Levites the priest. The middle of the chapter continues: Magpiash Meshullam Hezir. It closes: For to chamber they shall bring the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi the contribution of grain and new wine and your oil and there article of the sanctuary and the priests to minister doorkeeper I will sing and not.
- 11 Nehemiah 11 11 Nehemiah 11 (36 verses in the MT) opens: And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in cities. The middle of the chapter continues: Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, an hundred seventy and two. It closes: And of the Levites divisions Judah, in Benjamin.
- 12 Nehemiah 12 12 Nehemiah 12 (47 verses in the MT) opens: Now these the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, The middle of the chapter continues: And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against. It closes: And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified to the Levites; and the Levites sanctified to the.
- 13 Nehemiah 13 13 Nehemiah 13 (31 verses in the MT) opens: On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; The middle of the chapter continues: There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. It closes: And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.