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highlighted Nehemiah 6:1 ESV
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Oct 11
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Nehemiah 5:17 ESV
Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:14 ESV
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:12 ESV
Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:7 ESV
I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:6 ESV
I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:23 ESV
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon at his right hand.
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:16 ESV
From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah,
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:14 ESV
And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:13 ESV
So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:7 ESV
But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:6 ESV
So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 4:1 ESV
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
Oct 10
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highlighted Nehemiah 2:19 ESV
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
Oct 6
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highlighted Nehemiah 2:1 ESV
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
Oct 6
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highlighted Nehemiah 1:3 ESV
And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire."
Oct 4
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highlighted Nehemiah 1:1 ESV
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel,
Oct 4
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highlighted Ezra 10:15 ESV
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
Oct 2
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highlighted Ezra 10:14 ESV
Let our officials stand for the whole assembly. Let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every city, until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us."
Oct 2
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highlighted Ezra 10:5 ESV
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
Oct 2