The final verses reveal ongoing communication between Nehemiah and Tobiah: "Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them." The continuing correspondence between Jewish nobles and Tobiah indicates that Nehemiah's opposition includes not merely external enemies but individuals within the Jewish community who maintain political and economic relationships with the foreign officials. These Jewish nobles' loyalty to Nehemiah is questionable; they are simultaneously part of his community and apparently sympathetic to his principal opponent.

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