Nehemiah 3:26-27

3:26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked ¹  up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. 3:27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 4:21

4:21 So we worked on, ²  with half ³  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ⁴ 

¹ tc The Hebrew text lacks the verb “worked.” It is implied, however, and has been supplied in the translation.

² tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

³ tn Heb “half of them.”

⁴ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”