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I once knew a guy who rented out a little house and he used to get real mad at his tenants and then he just evicked them by throwing all of their stuff on the curb.

I got, you have no judgment as to whether that's what he should have done or not the situation as I

understand it was pretty bad over there he wasn't very attentive to things he would

go away for long periods of time and then when he would come back stuff was way out of control with

lots and lots of people living in his tiny little house and there'd be a yelling

match and then he'd throw everything on the curb. This was just the cycle

not ideal on anybody's part, but it's what it was and I kind of got a chuckle out of it.

I was like, oh, there's a pile on the curb.

Okay, that makes sense.

The cycle continues. Well, here in Nehemiah Chapter 13 we get a similar

situation where a much better governor, the much better master of the house than the

gentleman I'm talking about in this case Nehemiah the guy who got the wall rebuilt in

50-some days and is just a great leader in every way. Nehemiah has left things in

a wonderful condition everything in order all to go, and he's gone away for a period of time.

He goes away at the end of Nehemiah 13.

But then immediately in Nehemiah 13-4 we discovered that all kinds of problems have cropped up

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