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- Ezra 7:11
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This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
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- Ezra 7:27
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
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- Ezra 9:11
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that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
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- Ezra 10:8
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Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
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- Ezra 10:14
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Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
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- Ezra 10:18
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Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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- Nehemiah 1:2
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Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
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- Nehemiah 1:3
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And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
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- Nehemiah 1:6
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let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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- Nehemiah 1:7
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We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
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- Nehemiah 1:8
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Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
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- Nehemiah 1:9
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but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
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- Nehemiah 1:10
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They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
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- Nehemiah 2:3
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and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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- Nehemiah 2:5
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and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
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- Nehemiah 2:7
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I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
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- Nehemiah 2:8
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And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
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- Nehemiah 2:10
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But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
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- Nehemiah 2:12
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I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
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- Nehemiah 2:13
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So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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- Nehemiah 2:17
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Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
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- Nehemiah 2:18
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I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
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- Nehemiah 2:19
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But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
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- Nehemiah 3:25
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and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
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- Nehemiah 4:1
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Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
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Source alternate reference: 3.33
- Nehemiah 4:3
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Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
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Source alternate reference: 3.35
- Nehemiah 4:7
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When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
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Source alternate reference: 4.1
- Nehemiah 4:11
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And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.5
- Nehemiah 4:12
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At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.6
- Nehemiah 4:15
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When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
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Source alternate reference: 4.9
- Nehemiah 4:20
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Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
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Source alternate reference: 4.14
- Nehemiah 4:23
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So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
- Nehemiah 5:2
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Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
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- Nehemiah 5:3
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Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
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- Nehemiah 5:4
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Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
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- Nehemiah 5:6
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When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
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- Nehemiah 5:9
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So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
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- Nehemiah 5:11
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Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
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- Nehemiah 5:12
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“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
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- Nehemiah 5:13
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I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
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- Nehemiah 5:14
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Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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- Nehemiah 5:15
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The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
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- Nehemiah 5:17
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There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
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- Nehemiah 5:18
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Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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- Nehemiah 5:19
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Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
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- Nehemiah 6:1
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When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
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- Nehemiah 6:3
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So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
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- Nehemiah 6:8
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Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
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- Nehemiah 6:11
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But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
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- Nehemiah 6:14
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O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
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