Nehemiah 10

1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7.1. Shushan (e-26) The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'10:31 debt. (a-51) Lit. 'the debt of every hand,' i.e. for which any had given his hand. Ex. 23.10,11; Deut. 15.1,2. 10:32 ordinances (b-4) Lit. Lit. 'commandments.' 10:33 holy (c-36) Kodesh. see Note, Ex. 25.8. It might read 'consecrated things.' 10:37 meal (a-11) Or 'dough.' as Num. 15.20; Ezek. 44.30.