20 At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble to us there. (A)Our God will fight for us.”

21 So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from [a]dawn until the stars [b]appeared. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Each man with his servant shall spend the night within Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:21 Lit rising of the dawn
  2. Nehemiah 4:21 Lit came out

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