Nehemiah 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.
And it came to passe that when the Iewes which dwelt by them, came, they said vnto vs ten time, ‖From all places, whence yee shall returne vnto vs, they will be vpon you.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, that from all places ye must returne to vs.
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- Genesis 31:41Rank 1 from verse 12
41Thus 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.
41Thus have I bene twentie yeres in thy house: I serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeres for thy cattel; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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- Numbers 14:22Rank 4 from verse 12
22Because 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;
22Because all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernesse, and haue tempted mee now these ten times, and haue not hearkened to my voice,
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Nehemiah 4:12
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Members of the Jewish people or nation.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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From what or which place, person, source, origin, cause, or condition.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
11And our aduersaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till wee come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.
12And 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.
12And it came to passe that when the Iewes which dwelt by them, came, they said vnto vs ten time, ‖From all places, whence yee shall returne vnto vs, they will be vpon you.
Selected passage13¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
13¶ Therefore set I †in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I euen set the people, after their families, with their swords, their speares, and their bowes.