OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 13:11

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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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Verse 11. Pleaded. Accusing them of treachery, in not opposing the wicked attempt.—Have we. He placed himself in the number of the guilty, in order to soften the reproach. Septuagint and so forth Calmet.—“Why is the house of God forsaken?” Prot.

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