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Nehemiah 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

So we laboured: and half of them held the spears. This is a summary of the main points previously related: "So we continued to work; and one-half of my personal followers continued to keep watch, and to hold the spears" ().

From the rising of the morning, etc. This is additional, and shows how early the work commenced each morning, and how late it continued.

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