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Nehemiah 4:11-13
Common English Bible
Nehemiah 4:11-13
Common English Bible
11 Meanwhile, our enemies were saying: “Before they know or see anything, we can be in their midst and start to kill them. We’ll stop the work!”
12 Now the Jews who were living near them came and said to us again and again,[a] “You must return to us!”[b]
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13 So I took up a position in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall in an open area.[c] Then I stationed the people by families, and they had their swords, spears, and bows.
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- Nehemiah 4:12 Or ten times from all sides
- Nehemiah 4:12 Heb uncertain
- Nehemiah 4:13 Heb uncertain
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