Nehemiah 2:5-7
Christian Standard Bible
5 and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor with you, send me to Judah and to the city where my ancestors are buried,[a](A) so that I may rebuild it.”(B)
6 The king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So I gave him a definite time,(C) and it pleased the king to send me.
7 I also said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let me have letters written to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates River,(D) so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.(E)
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- 2:5 Lit city, the house of the graves of my fathers,
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