Nehemiah 13:31

and for the wood offering Cf. Nehemiah 10:35.

the firstfruits Cf. Nehemiah 10:36-39.

The special mention of these practical measures of reorganization perhaps implies that they remedied two principal causes of discontent and points most liable to abuse from negligence.

Remember me, O my God, for good Cf. Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Nehemiah 5:19.

Additional Note on Nehemiah 13:6. Prof. Kirkpatrick suggests that Nehemiah's first Mission lasted -perhaps for not more than a year," and that he then returned to Susa. The words -I went to the king" he explains of Nehemiah's going to serve his turn as cupbearer; and -at the end of certain days" he would refer to the close of his term of office. This explanation has the merit of allowing an interval of 12 years between Nehemiah's two visits to Jerusalem. The objection arising from the date in Nehemiah 5:14 he meets by the conjecture that the Compiler has inserted it from a misunderstanding of ch. Nehemiah 13:6, or -that Nehemiah continued to be nominal governor … though not resident in Judæa." (-Doctrine of the Prophets," London, 1892, pp. 508, 509.)