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So I areprimanded the officials and said, "bWhy is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.
a
Nehemiah 13:17, Nehemiah 13:25
Nehemiah 13
17
Then aI reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day?
Nehemiah 13
25
So aI contended with them and cursed them and bstruck some of them and pulled out their hair, and cmade them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.