Discovery Box| (1.00) | Neh 4:22 |
| At that time I instructed 1 the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:23 |
| We did not change clothes 1 – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:6 |
| I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. 1 |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:8 |
| I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews 1 who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, 2 so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:10 |
| Even I and my relatives 1 and my associates 2 are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 3 |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:12 |
| They replied, “We will return these things, 1 and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials 2 swear to do what had been promised. 3 |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:13 |
| I also shook out my garment, 1 and I said, “In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out 2 this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied, “So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised. 3 |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:16 |
| I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing 1 a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work. |
| (1.00) | Neh 5:18 |
| Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people. |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:1 |
| When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates), |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:2 |
| Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim 1 in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm. |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:3 |
| So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in 1 an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?” |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:6 |
| Written in it were the following words: “Among the nations it is rumored 1 (and Geshem 2 has substantiated 3 this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors 4 you are going to become their king. |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:7 |
| You have also established prophets to announce 1 in Jerusalem 2 on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” 3 |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:8 |
| I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. 1 All of this is a figment of your imagination.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:9 |
| All of them were wanting 1 to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands! 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:12 |
| I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. 1 |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:14 |
| Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs – also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me! |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:16 |
| When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw 1 this, they were greatly disheartened. 2 They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. |
| (1.00) | Neh 6:19 |
| They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. 1 Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare 2 me. |
