Nehemiah 6:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am working on an important project, and I am not able to come down. Why should the project stop while I leave it and come down to you?” ⁴ They sent messages like this to me four times, and I answered them that same way each time.

⁵ Then Sanballat sent his servant to me with a message like this for a fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.