Lux Domini
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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Interpretation

The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set about it in earnest, and keep close to it.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 6:17-19.

Glossary

Tobiah Person
Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile ( Neh. 2:10 ).