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Neh 4:12 — And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

ten times		Gen 31:7,41; Num 14:22; Job 19:3
From all places, etc.		"or, That from all places ye must return to us. ye shall return. Houbigant, Michaelis, and Dathe contend, that instead of tashoovoo, ""ye shall return,"" we should read chashevoo, ""they designed."""

Correlating Passages

ten times

	Gen 31:7	And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
	Gen 31:41	Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
	Num 14:22	Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
	Job 19:3	These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 4:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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