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sent many letters

The nobles sent messengers to bring these letters to Tobiah. Alternate translation: "sent many messengers with letters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Tobiah's letters came

Here Tobiah's letters are personified as coming by themselves, when they were actually brought by messengers. Alternate translation: "Tobiah sent letters" or "Tobiah sent many messengers with letters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

Tobiah

See how you translated this man's name in Nehemiah 2:10. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)