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 \v 1 Later, many of the men and their wives cried out for justice because of what some of the other Jews were doing.
 \v 2 Some of them said, "We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and stay alive."
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-\v 3 Others said, "it has been necessary for us to mortgage the fields and vineyards and houses that we own so that we may get grain to eat during this famine."
+\v 3 Others said, "It has been necessary for us to mortgage the fields and vineyards and houses that we own so that we may get grain to eat during this famine."
 
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 \v 16 I also continued to work on this wall, and we did not buy any land from the people. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.
-\v 17 Also, every day I was responsible to feed at our table the Jews and the officials, one hundred and fifty people; and we also fed the visitors who came from other countries around us.
+\v 17 Also, every day I was responsible to feed at our table the Jews and the officials—one hundred and fifty people. We also fed the visitors who came from other countries around us.
 
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-\v 18 Each day I told my servants to serve us the meat from one ox, six very good sheep, and birds. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened by paying a great deal of money for taxes, so I did not accept the money that I was entitled to as governor.
+\v 18 Each day, I told my servants to serve us the meat from one ox, six very good sheep, and birds. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened by paying a large amount of money for taxes, so I did not accept the money that I was entitled to as governor.
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 \v 19 My God, think of me, and reward me for all that I have done for this people.
 
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-\v 1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard a report that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more gaps, although we had not yet replaced the doors in the gates.
+\v 1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard a report that we had finished rebuilding the wall and that now there were no more gaps, although we had not yet replaced the doors in the gates.
 \v 2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message that read, "Come and talk with us at a place in the plain of Ono north of Jerusalem." But it was no secret that they wanted to harm me.
 
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-\v 3 So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, "I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down there. This work should not be delayed just so I can go down to talk with you.
+\v 3 So I sent messengers to them to tell them, "I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down there. This work should not be delayed just so I can go down to talk with you."
 \v 4 They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
 
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 \v 5 Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed and he held it in his hand.
 \v 6 This is what was written in the message:
-\pi "Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall in order to be able start a rebellion against the king of Babylon, and that you are planning to become the king of the Israel. Geshem has told us that this is the truth.
+\pi "Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall in order to be able start a rebellion against the king of Babylon, and that you are planning to become the king of Israel. Geshem has told us that this is the truth.
 
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-\v 10 One day I went to talk with Shemaia son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house. He was ordered not to leave his house. He said to me, "You and I must enter the temple, and we must go to one of the rooms in the center of the temple, and lock the doors. They are going to come to kill you. They are coming tonight to kill you."
+\v 10 One day, I went to talk with Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house. He was ordered not to leave his house. He said to me, "You and I must enter the temple, and we must go to one of the rooms in the center of the temple and lock the doors. They are going to come to kill you. They are coming tonight to kill you."
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 \v 11 I replied, "I am not that kind of person! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!"
 
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 \v 15 We finished rebuilding the wall in the month of Elul, on the twenty-fifth day of the month. We did all the work in fifty-two days.
-\v 16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they became very afraid and they were humiliated, because they knew it was God who helped us complete this work.
+\v 16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they became very afraid were humiliated because they knew it was God who helped us complete this work.
 
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