Nehemiah 6:1-3
The Voice
6 Once again, we found that our progress had been reported to our enemies. Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab (as well as the rest of our adversaries) heard that under my leadership the wall had been rebuilt. Not one gap remained (though the doors still had to be hung on the gates). 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent messengers to me.
Sanballat and Geshem’s Message: Come and meet with us in the plain of Ono, at the border village of Cheriphim.
They were planning to hurt me. 3 So instead of going, I sent messengers back to them.
Nehemiah’s Message: I am in the middle of a great work and cannot be interrupted. I am not coming down to meet with you. What is so important that I should suspend this great work we are doing to travel to see you?
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