Nehemiah 6:3-5

Tree of Life Version

³ So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am doing an important work, so I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

⁴ They sent me the same message four times, and each time I returned a similar response to them. ⁵ But the fifth time Sanballat sent his young aide to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.