Nehemiah 6:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” ⁴ Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.

⁵ Sanballat^(A) sent me this same message a fifth time by his aide, who had an open letter in his hand.