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Nehemiah 3:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Nehemiah 3:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 The family of Hassenaah built Fish Gate. They put the beams in place and hung the doors, then they added metal bolts and wooden beams as locks.
4 Meremoth, son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, completed the next section of the wall.
Meshullam, son of Berechiah and grandson of Meshezabel, rebuilt the next section, and Zadok son of Baana rebuilt the section beside that.
5 The next section was to be repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their town leaders refused to do the hard work they were assigned.[a]
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- 3.5 refused … assigned: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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