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Nehemiah 2:7-8
English Standard Version
Nehemiah 2:7-8
English Standard Version
7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me (A)to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of (B)the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, (C)for the good hand of my God was upon me.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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