Nehemiah 4:22

Modern English Version

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Every man and his servant must lodge within Jerusalem. By night, they may be a guard to us; by day, a laborer for the work.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:21

So we labored in the work with half of them holding spears from sunrise to the rising of the stars.

Nehemiah 4:23

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.