I'm in 3, and so lots of the textual variations are names. In 3:15, the first person's name is different in the various witnesses:
MT: שַׁלּ֣וּן
LXX: Σαλωμὼν
Pesh: ܫܠܘܡ = Vulg. Sellum

MT's שַׁלּ֣וּן occurs nowhere else, and differs from Pesh/Vulg by an m/n interchange.

LXX is odder, but "Solomon" is usually spelled שלמו in Hebrew, which agrees with Pesh/Vulg except for a transposition.

Either MT is secondary, or scribes "corrected" unique שַׁלּ֣וּן to more common שלום.

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In 3:14, where MT reads an imperfect verb יִבְנֶ֔נּוּ, Pesh and Vulg read a perfect verb. Is this a tense mismatch or an interpretation of MT as a past-time imperfect?

More interestingly, Old Greek here reads "and his sons" (= Hebrew ובניו), perhaps by means of a transposition and an n/w interchange (alternatively, by means of a w/y interchange and a y/n interchange).

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Responding to the Scripture – Nehemiah 8:9

How do you respond to the Scripture when you read it or hear it read? We should respond with commitment and rejoicing to what it says.

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A Quick Prayer – Nehemiah 2:4-5

Prayer does not have to be long and formal. As Nehemiah demonstrates, a quick and unobserved prayer to God can be very effective,

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Jon Galloway in Glasgow UK wrote on "Working together" – Forthright Magazine forthright.net/2021/08/20/work

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