Nehemiah 4:18

A Conservative Version

and the builders, every man had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he who sounded the trumpet was by me.

Cross References

Numbers 10:9

And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresses you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. And ye shall be remembered before LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore I set in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:17

They all built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves, every man with one of his hands labored in the work, and with the other held his weapon,

Nehemiah 4:19

And I said to the ranking men, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

Ezekiel 33:3

if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people,