Discovery Box| (0.48) | Ezr 4:16 |
| We therefore are informing the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, you will not retain control 1 of this portion of Trans-Euphrates.” |
| (0.48) | Ezr 4:21 |
| Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. 1 |
| (0.48) | Ezr 8:15 |
| I had them assemble 1 at the canal 2 that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 10:8 |
| Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles. |
| (0.48) | Neh 2:3 |
| I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors 1 lies desolate and its gates destroyed 2 by fire?” |
| (0.48) | Neh 4:10 |
| Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers 1 has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.” |
| (0.48) | Neh 4:11 |
| Our adversaries also boasted, 1 “Before they are aware or anticipate 2 anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!” |
| (0.48) | Neh 5:9 |
| Then I 1 said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! 2 Should you not conduct yourselves 3 in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? |
| (0.48) | 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 |
| (0.48) | 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. |
| (0.48) | 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 |
| (0.48) | Neh 6:11 |
| But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? 1 I will not go!” |
| (0.48) | Neh 7:65 |
| The governor 1 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 2 the Urim and Thummim. |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:34 |
| Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them. |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:2 |
| for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:10 |
| I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. |
| (0.48) | Est 1:15 |
| The king asked, 1 “By law, 2 what should be done to Queen Vashti in light of the fact that she has not obeyed the instructions of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?” |
| (0.48) | Est 6:3 |
| The king asked, “What great honor 1 was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.” |
| (0.48) | Est 9:10 |
| the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property. |
| (0.48) | Job 1:11 |
| But 1 extend your hand and strike 2 everything he has, and he will no doubt 3 curse you 4 to your face!” |
