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Sanballat sends his servant the fifth time with an open letter

산발랏이 다섯번째 그 종자의 손에 봉하지 않은 편지를 들려 보냄

Nehemiah 6:5–9: then Sanballat sends his servant to the speaker (“I”) the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand. The letter says, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words. You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.” The speaker sends to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.” The text says, “For they all would have made us afraid, saying, ‘Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.’” The speaker goes on, “But now, strengthen my hands.” Neither edition says to whom these words are said. The Korean Revised Version reads at 6:6 네가 그 말과 같이 왕이 되려 하는도다 (you would become king according to that word), and at 6:7 선지자를 세워, where 선지자 (prophet) has no plural mark.

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NEH 6:5–9, engwebp
⁵Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
⁶in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
⁷You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
⁸Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
⁹For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
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Evidence: Nehemiah 6:5–9
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Evidence: Nehemiah 6:5–9

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Current wording: Nehemiah 6:5–9: then Sanballat sends his servant to the speaker (“I”) the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand. The letter says, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words. You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.” The speaker sends to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.” The text says, “For they all would have made us afraid, saying, ‘Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.’” The speaker goes on, “But now, strengthen my hands.” Neither edition says to whom these words are said. The Korean Revised Version reads at 6:6 네가 그 말과 같이 왕이 되려 하는도다 (you would become king according to that word), and at 6:7 선지자를 세워, where 선지자 (prophet) has no plural mark.
Cited evidence: NEH 6:5–9, engwebp
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