25 He asked for water; she gave him milk.
She brought him cream(A) in a majestic bowl.

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25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(A)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.

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20 Then he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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20 He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the Lord. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate(A) and seated the king on the royal throne.

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Beside them the Tekoites(A) made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help[a] their supervisors.

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  1. 3:5 Lit not bring their neck to the work of

The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa,(A) but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]

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  1. Nehemiah 3:5 Or their Lord or the governor

29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[a](A) to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses(B) and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.

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  1. 10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath

29 all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath(A) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

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As for the holy people who are in the land,(A)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

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I say of the holy people(A) who are in the land,(B)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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Their nobles send their servants[a] for water.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.(A)

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  1. 14:3 Lit little ones

The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(A)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(B)

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He gives orders to his officers;
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place.

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Nineveh summons her picked troops,
    yet they stumble(A) on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
    the protective shield is put in place.

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18 King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;(A)
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains(B)
with no one to gather them together.(C)

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18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(A)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(B)
Your people are scattered(C) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.

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  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers