Nehemiah 6:17
Good News Translation
During all this time the Jewish leaders had been in correspondence with Tobiah.

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

Contemporary English Version
All this time the Jewish leaders and Tobiah had been writing letters back and forth.

New American Bible
At that same time, however, many letters were going to Tobiah from the nobles of Judah, and Tobiah’s letters were reaching them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.

the nobles

Nehemiah 3:5 And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

Nehemiah 5:7 And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them,

Nehemiah 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.

Micah 7:1-6 Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the first ripe figs. . . .

Matthew 24:10-12 And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. . . .

sent many letters unto Tobiah.

Context
Completion of the Wall
16And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of God. 17Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.18For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16
And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of God.

Nehemiah 6:18
For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.

Nehemiah 13:4
And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.

Nehemiah 6:16
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