Nehemiah 6
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Sanballat works to foil Nehemiah’s plans for building the walls of Jerusalem, but Nehemiah pays him no heed and corrects the false information that Sanballat is trying to spread. The walls of Jerusalem are completed.
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| (11) And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. | (11) And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is mine enemy, that such a man as I |
| (13) Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. | (13) Therefore should I be afraid of him he hired and do so, as he said, and sin and that they might have me for an evil report, that they might reproach me. |
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