Nehemiah 6:10-12

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Attempts to Intimidate Nehemiah

¹⁰I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said:

Let’s meet at the house of God,
inside the temple.
Let’s shut the temple doors
because they’re coming to kill you.
They’re coming to kill you tonight!^[a]

¹¹But I said, “Should a man like me run away? How can someone like me enter the temple and live?^(A) I will not go.” ¹²I realized that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballat^(B) had hired him.

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6:10 Or by night

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