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Nehemiah 9:36-38
GOD’S WORD Translation
Nehemiah 9:36-38
GOD’S WORD Translation
36 Look ⌞at us⌟ now. We’re slaves!
In the land you gave our ancestors,
they could eat its produce and ⌞enjoy⌟ its good things.
But now we’re slaves!
37 The many products ⌞from our land⌟ go to the kings you put over us.
This is because of our sins.
These kings have control over our bodies,
and they do as they please with our livestock.
We are in agony.[a]
An Agreement in Writing
38 “We are making a binding agreement ⌞and putting it⌟ in writing because of all this. Our leaders, Levites, and priests are putting their seals on the document.”
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- 9:37 Nehemiah 9:38 in English Bibles is Nehemiah 10:1 in the Hebrew Bible.
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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