Nehemiah 6:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ One day I went to visit Shemaiah.^[a] He wasn't supposed to leave his house, but he said, “Let's hurry to the holy place of the temple and hide there.^[b] We will lock the temple doors, because your enemies are planning to kill you tonight.”

¹¹ I answered, “Why should someone like me have to run and hide in the temple to save my life? I won't go!”

¹² Suddenly I realized that God had not given Shemaiah this message. But Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to trick me