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20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”

21 So we worked on,[a] with half[b] holding spears, from dawn till dusk.[c] 22 At that time I instructed[d] the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:21 tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”
  2. Nehemiah 4:21 tn Heb “half of them.”
  3. Nehemiah 4:21 tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”
  4. Nehemiah 4:22 tn Heb “said [to].”

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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