Nehemiah 4:21

4:21 So we worked on, ¹  with half ²  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ³ 

Nehemiah 12:30

12:30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

¹ tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

² tn Heb “half of them.”

³ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”