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They sent me the same message four times, and each time I sent them the same reply.

Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me with a fifth message, this one in the form of an unsealed letter.[a] It read:

“Geshem tells me that a rumor is going around among the neighboring peoples that you and the Jewish people intend to revolt and that this is why you are rebuilding the wall. He also says you plan to make yourself king

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:5 Leaving a letter unsealed was a deliberate way of making certain that its contents would become widely known.

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