Nehemiah 4:18-21

Living Bible

¹⁸ or with swords belted to their sides. The trumpeter stayed with me to sound the alarm.

¹⁹ “The work is so spread out,” I explained to them, “and we are separated so widely from each other, that when you hear the trumpet blow, you must rush to where I am; and God will fight for us.”

^20-21 We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset; and half the men were always on guard.