Nehemiah 4:21-23

International Standard Version

²¹ So we worked hard, half of us holding spears from dawn to dusk.

²² At the same time I told the people, “Let’s have everyone sleep at night inside Jerusalem with their servants, so they can guard us at night and work during the day. ²³ No one—neither I, my allies, my servants, nor the bodyguards who accompanied me—changed clothes. Everyone carried a weapon even while going for water.