Nehemiah 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The magistrates knew nothing of where I had gone or what I was doing, for as yet I had disclosed nothing to the Jews, neither to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the magistrates, nor to the others who were to do the work. Decision to Rebuild the City Wall.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:15

I continued on foot up the wadi by night, inspecting the wall all the while, until I once more reached the Valley Gate, by which I went back in.

Nehemiah 2:17

Afterward I said to them: “You see the trouble we are in: how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been gutted by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be a reproach!”

Exodus 24:11

Yet he did not lay a hand on these chosen Israelites. They saw God, and they ate and drank. Moses on the Mountain.

Proverbs 12:23

The shrewd conceal knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim folly.