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

21 So we kept doing the work with half of them holding spears from [a]dawn until the stars came out. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his young man spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a worker by day.”

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  1. Nehemiah 4:21 Lit rising of the dawn

20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet,(A) join us there. Our God will fight(B) for us!”

21 So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and as workers by day.”

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