Nehemiah 4:22

The Message

I also instructed the people, “Each person and his helper is to stay inside Jerusalem—guards by night and workmen by day.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:21

And so we kept working, from first light until the stars came out, half of us holding lances.

Nehemiah 4:23

We all slept in our clothes—I, my brothers, my workmen, and the guards backing me up. And each one kept his spear in his hand, even when getting water.