Nehemiah 6:5

The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
KJV · King James Version
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
WEB · World English Bible
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

with an open letter
This was a gross insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality; as the letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always carefully folded up, put in silk bags, and then sealed.
2 Kings 18:26–28; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Ephesians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:10