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John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 6:13

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, etc.] By distrusting the power and providence of God to protect him, and by going into such a part of the temple, which he, being no priest, had no right to go into: and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me; as a rebel and traitor against the king, which had been reported of him, and which would be strengthened by such a step.
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