Nehemiah 6:13
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He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.
Read Nehemiah 6:13 Using Other Translations
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.
For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.
They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.
What does Nehemiah 6:13 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Nehemiah 6:13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do
so,
and sin
By distrusting the power and providence of God to protect him,
and by going into such a part of the temple, which he, being no
priest, had no right to go into:
and that they might have matter for an evil report, that
they might
reproach me;
as a rebel and traitor against the king, which had been reported
of him, and which would be strengthened by such a step.
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