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Nehemiah 4:11-13
New Living Translation
Nehemiah 4:11-13
New Living Translation
11 Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”
12 The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told us again and again, “They will come from all directions and attack us!”[a] 13 So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.
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- 4:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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