Nehemiah 6:13
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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
The Jews' enemies leave no stone unturned, no way untried, to take Nehemiah off from building the wall about Jerusalem. In order to this they had tried to fetch him into the country to them, but in…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Therefore R.V. For this cause.
and sin i.e. by transgressing -the law," by violating the sanctity of the House of God.
matter for an evil report Literally, -and that it might be to them for an evil…
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