Nehemiah 4:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.

²² At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

²³ Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.