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Nehemiah 6:11-13

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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. 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. 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 6:11-13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 6:11

Theological / Devotional

To save his life. Literally, “and live” (RSV). Nehemiah probably had in mind the command of Numbers 18:7, that “the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.” The very fact that Shemaiah proposed a course of action contrary to the revealed will of God was sufficient evidence that he was a false prophet (see Genesis 3:1-5; Matthew 4:3-10).

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