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Nehemiah 6

The Enemy's Plot

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Now whenh3512c it was reportedh8085 to Sanballath5571, Tobiahh2900, to Geshemh1654 the Arabh6163a and to the resth3499a of our enemiesh340 that I had rebuilth1129 the wallh2346, and that noh3808 breachh6556 remainedh3498 in it,  aalthoughh1571 at that timeh6256 I had not seth5975 up the doorsh1817 in the gatesh8179,

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then Sanballath5571 and Geshemh1654 senth7971 a message to me, sayingh559, "Comeh1980, let us meeth3259 togetherh3164a at  1Chephirimh3716b in the plainh1237 of  aOnoh207." But they were planningh2803 to  2harmh7463a me.

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So I senth7971 messengersh4397 to them, sayingh559, "I am doingh6213a a greath1419 workh4399 and I cannoth3201h3808 comeh3381 downh3381. Whyh4100 should the workh4399 stoph7673a whileh3512c I leaveh7503 it and comeh3381 downh3381 to you?"

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They senth7971 messages to me fourh702 timesh6471 in thish2088 mannerh1697, and I answeredh7725 them in the sameh2088 wayh1697.

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Then Sanballath5571 senth7971 his servanth5288 to me in the sameh2088 mannerh1697 a fifthh2549 timeh6471 with an openh6605a letterh107 in his handh3027.

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In it was writtenh3789, "It is reportedh8085 among the nationsh1471, and  1Gashmuh1654 saysh559, that  ayou and the Jewsh3064 are planningh2803 to rebelh4775; thereforeh5921h3651 you are rebuildingh1129 the wallh2346. And you are to be their kingh4428, according to theseh428 reportsh1697.

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"You have alsoh1571 appointedh5975 prophetsh5030 to proclaimh7121 in Jerusalemh3389 concerningh5921  1you, `A kingh4428 is in Judahh3063!' And nowh6258 it will be reportedh8085 to the kingh4428 according to theseh428 reportsh1697. So comeh1980 nowh6258, let us takeh3289 counselh3289 togetherh3164a."

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Then I senth7971 a message to him sayingh559, "Suchh428 thingsh1697 as you are sayingh559 have not beenh1961 doneh1961, but you are  ainventingh908 them  1in your own mindh3820."

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For allh3605 of them were trying to frightenh3372a us,  1thinkingh559, " 2They will becomeh3027h7503 discouragedh7503h3027 with the workh4399 and it will not be doneh6213a." But nowh6258,  aO God, strengthenh2388 my handsh3027.

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When I enteredh935 the househ1004 of Shemaiahh8098 the sonh1121 of Delaiahh1806, sonh1121 of Mehetabelh4105,  awhoh1931 was  1confinedh6113 at home, he saidh559, "Let us meeth3259 togetherh3259 in the househ1004 of Godh430, withinh8432 the templeh1964, and let us closeh5462 the doorsh1817 of the templeh1964, for they are comingh935 to killh2026 you, and they are comingh935 to killh2026 you at nighth3915."

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But I saidh559, " aShould a manh376 likeh3644 me fleeh1272? And could one suchh3644 as I goh935 into the templeh1964  1to saveh2421a his lifeh2421a? I will not goh935 in."

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Then I perceivedh5234  1that surelyh2009 Godh430 had not senth7971 him, but he utteredh1696 his prophecyh5016 againsth5921 me because Tobiahh2900 and Sanballath5571 had hiredh7936 him.

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He was hiredh7936 for thish4616 reasonh4616,  athat I might becomeh3372a frightenedh3372a and acth6213a accordinglyh3651 and sinh2398, so that they might haveh1961 an evilh7451a reporth8034 in orderh4616 that they could reproachh2778a me.

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 aRememberh2142, O my Godh430, Tobiahh2900 and Sanballath5571 according to theseh428 worksh4639 of theirs, and alsoh1571 Noadiahh5129  bthe prophetessh5031 and the resth3499a of the prophetsh5030 whoh834 were trying to frightenh3372a me.

The Wall Is Finished

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So  athe wallh2346 was completedh7999a on the twenty-fifthh6242h2568 of the month Elulh435, in fifty-twoh2572 daysh3117.

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 aWhenh3512c allh3605 our enemiesh340 heardh8085 of it, and allh3605 the nationsh1471 surroundingh5439 us sawh7200 it, they  1losth5307 their confidenceh5869; for  bthey recognizedh3045 that thish384 workh4399 had been accomplishedh6213a  2with the helph4480h854 of our Godh430.

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Alsoh1571 in thoseh1992a daysh3117 manyh7235a lettersh107 wenth1980 from the noblesh2715 of Judahh3063 to Tobiahh2900, and Tobiah'sh2900 letters cameh935 to them.

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For manyh7227a in Judahh3063 were boundh1167 by oathh7621 to him becauseh3588 he was the son-in-lawh2860a of Shecaniahh7935 the sonh1121 of Arahh733, and his sonh1121 Jehohananh3076 had marriedh3947 the daughterh1323 of Meshullamh4918 the sonh1121 of Berechiahh1296.

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Moreoverh1571, they were speakingh559 about his goodh2899b deedsh2899b in my presenceh6440 and reportedh3318 my wordsh1697 to him. Then Tobiahh2900 senth7971 lettersh107 to frightenh3372a me.



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