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Ärende: Bible Reading for October 11
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@familynet-international.org>

CHAPTER 4
Nehemiah 4:1
1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he
was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. Nehemiah 4:2
2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do
these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they
make an end in a day?  will they revive  the stones  out of the heaps  of the
rubbish  which are burned? Nehemiah 4:3
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build,
if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Nehemiah 4:4
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own
head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Nehemiah 4:5
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from
before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. Nehemiah
4:6
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half
thereof: for the people had a mind to work. Nehemiah 4:7
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and
the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made
up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Nehemiah 4:8
8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem,
and to hinder it.
Nehemiah 4:9
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them
day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah 4:10
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there
is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. Nehemiah 4:11
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in
the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. Nehemiah 4:12
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said
unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be
upon you.
Nehemiah 4:13
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher
places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their
spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah 4:14
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and
to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which
is great and terrible,  and fight  for your brethren,  your sons,  and your
daughters,  your wives,  and your houses. Nehemiah 4:15
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and
God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the
wall, every one unto his work.
Nehemiah 4:16
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants
wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the
shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind  all the
house  of Judah.
Nehemiah 4:17
17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that
laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other
hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah 4:18
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. Nehemiah 4:19
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one
far from another.
Nehemiah 4:20
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither
unto us: our God shall fight for us. Nehemiah 4:21
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising
of the morning till the stars appeared. Nehemiah 4:22
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his
servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us,
and labour on the day.
Nehemiah 4:23
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard
which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put
them off for washing.
CHAPTER 5
Nehemiah 5:1
1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their
brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:2
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:
therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Nehemiah 5:3
3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and
houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Nehemiah 5:4
4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and
that upon our lands and vineyards. Nehemiah 5:5
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their
children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be
servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither
is it in our power  to redeem them; for other men  have our lands and
vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:6
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Nehemiah 5:7
7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and
said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great
assembly  against them.
Nehemiah 5:8
8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the
Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or
shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to
answer.
Nehemiah 5:9
9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of
our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Nehemiah 5:10
10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and
corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. Nehemiah 5:11
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards,
their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and
of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. Nehemiah 5:12
12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so
will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them,
that they should do according to this promise. Nehemiah 5:13
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house,
and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken
out, and emptied. And all the congregation  said,  Amen,  and praised the LORD.
 And the people  did  according to this promise. Nehemiah 5:14
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land
of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of
Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve  years,  I and my brethren  have not eaten
 the bread  of the governor.
Nehemiah 5:15
15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the
people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver;
yea, even  their servants  bare rule  over the people:  but so did not I,
because  of the fear  of God. Nehemiah 5:16
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land:
and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Nehemiah 5:17
17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers,
beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Nehemiah 5:18
18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep;
also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store  of all sorts of
wine:  yet for all  this required  not I the bread  of the governor, because
the bondage  was heavy  upon this people. Nehemiah 5:19
19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this
people.
CHAPTER 6
Nehemiah 6:1
1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and
the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was
no breach left therein; (though at that time  I had not set up the doors  upon
the gates;)
Nehemiah 6:2
2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in
some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me
mischief.
Nehemiah 6:3
3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I
cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down 
to you?
Nehemiah 6:4
4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after
the same manner.
Nehemiah 6:5
5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an
open letter in his hand;
Nehemiah 6:6
6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it,
that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall,
that thou mayest be their king,  according to these words. Nehemiah 6:7
7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying,
There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to
these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Nehemiah 6:8
8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest,
but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Nehemiah 6:9
9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the
work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. Nehemiah
6:10
10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of
Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of
God, within  the temple,  and let us shut  the doors  of the temple:  for they
will come  to slay  thee; yea, in the night  will they come  to slay thee.
Nehemiah 6:11
11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I
am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. Nehemiah 6:12
12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this
prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Nehemiah 6:13
13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and
that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Nehemiah 6:14
14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works,
and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have
put me in fear.
Nehemiah 6:15
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in
fifty and two days.
Nehemiah 6:16
16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the
heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their
own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. Nehemiah
6:17
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah,
and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. Nehemiah 6:18
18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law
of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of
Meshullam the son  of Berechiah. Nehemiah 6:19
19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him.
And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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