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

21 So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from [b]dawn until the stars [c]appeared. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his servant 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 4:20 Lit assemble yourselves
  2. Nehemiah 4:21 Lit rising of the dawn
  3. Nehemiah 4:21 Lit came out