Nehemiah 6:3-5

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³ So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am doing important work, so I cannot come down. I don’t want the work to stop just so I can come down and meet with you.”

⁴ Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and I sent the same answer back to them each time. ⁵ Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his helper to me with the same message. And he had a letter in his hand that was not sealed.