¹tn The words “were the following names” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 9, 10, 14.
²tc With many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and the ancient versions the translation reads uWvy (yesua`, “Jeshua”) rather than the reading uWvyw (weyesua`, “and Jeshua”) of BHS.
³tn Heb “brothers” (also in v. 30).
⁴tn Heb “heads.”
⁵tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.
⁶tn Heb “the nobles.”
⁷tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”
⁸tn Heb “to walk in.”
⁹tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
¹⁰tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is yn`d)a& (a&d{n`y).
¹¹tn Heb “take.”
¹²tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.
¹³tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”
¹⁴tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term Wnylu (‘alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.
¹⁵tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”
¹⁶tn The words “we accept responsibility” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are inferred from v. 33 (so also in v. 37).
¹⁷tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”
¹⁸tn Heb “of our work.”
¹⁹tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”