Nehemiah 4:22

20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. ^aOur God will fight for us.”

21 So we labored in the work, and half of¹ the men held the spears from daybreak until the stars appeared.

22 At the same time I also said to the people, “Let each man and his servant stay at night in Jerusalem, that they may be our guard by night and a working party by day.”

23 So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem - The country people were accustomed, after their day' s labor, to return to their families; now being so formidably threatened, he obliged them all to sleep in Jerusalem, that they might be ready, in case of attack, to help their brethren. All this man' s arrangements were wise and judicious.

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