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# I confronted them
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"I spoke directly to them about what they had done"
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# I hit some of them
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Nehemiah hit some of them with his hands.
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# I made them swear by God
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"I made them say a promise before God"
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# Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these women?
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Nehemiah uses a rhetorical question to scold the men. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "You know that Solomon king of Israel sinned on account of these women." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?
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Nehemiah uses a rhetorical question to scold the men. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "We will not listen to you or do this great evil or act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) |