Nehemiah 6:13

13 acceperat enim pretium ut territus facerem et peccarem et haberent malum quod exprobrarent mihi

Nehemiah 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Nehemiah 6:13 In-Context

11 et dixi num quisquam similis mei fugit et quis ut ego ingredietur templum et vivet non ingrediar
12 et intellexi quod Deus non misisset eum sed quasi vaticinans locutus esset ad me et Tobia et Sanaballat conduxissent eum
13 acceperat enim pretium ut territus facerem et peccarem et haberent malum quod exprobrarent mihi
14 memento Domine mei pro Tobia et Sanaballat iuxta opera eorum talia sed et Noadiae prophetae et ceterorum prophetarum qui terrebant me
15 conpletus est autem murus vicesimo quinto die mensis elul quinquaginta duobus diebus
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