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“The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.”

“Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?”

“Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:”

“So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.”

“Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.”

“Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.”

“After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.””

“Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.”

“and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them”