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Nehemiah 4:1-23

4:1

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat
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heard
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that we builded
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the wall
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he was wroth
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and took great
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indignation
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and mocked
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the Jews
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4:2

And he spake
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before
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his brethren
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and the army
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of Samaria
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and said
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What do
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these feeble
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Jews
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will they fortify
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themselves? will they sacrifice
<02076> (8799)_?

will they make an end
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in a day
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will they revive
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the stones
<068>

out of the heaps
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of the rubbish
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which are burned
<08313> (8803)_?

{fortify...: Heb. leave to themselves}

4:3

Now Tobiah
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the Ammonite
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[was] by him
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and he said
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Even that which they build
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if a fox
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go up
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he shall even break down
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their stone
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wall
<02346>_.

4:4

Hear
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O our God
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for we are despised
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and turn
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their reproach
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upon their own head
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and give
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them for a prey
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in the land
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of captivity
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{despised: Heb. despite}

4:5

And cover
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not their iniquity
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and let not their sin
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be blotted out
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from before
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thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger
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before the builders
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4:6

So built
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we the wall
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and all the wall
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was joined together
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unto the half
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thereof: for the people
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had a mind
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to work
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4:7

But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat
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and Tobiah
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and the Arabians
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and the Ammonites
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and the Ashdodites
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heard
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that the walls
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of Jerusalem
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were made up
<0724> <05927> (8804)_,

[and] that the breaches
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began
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to be stopped
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then they were very
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wroth
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{were made up: Heb. ascended}

4:8

And conspired
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all of them together
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to come
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[and] to fight
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against Jerusalem
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and to hinder
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it. {to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it}

4:9

Nevertheless we made our prayer
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unto our God
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and set
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a watch
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against them day
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and night
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because
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of them.

4:10

And Judah
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said
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The strength
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of the bearers of burdens
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is decayed
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and [there is] much
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rubbish
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so that we are not able
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to build
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the wall
<02346>_.

4:11

And our adversaries
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said
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They shall not know
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neither see
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till we come
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in the midst
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among
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them, and slay
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them, and cause the work
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to cease
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4:12

And it came to pass, that when the Jews
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which dwelt
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by them
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came
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they said
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unto us ten
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times
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From all places
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whence ye shall return
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unto us [they will be upon you]. {From all...: or, That from all places ye must return to us}

4:13

Therefore set
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I in the lower
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places
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behind
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the wall
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[and] on the higher places
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I even set
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the people
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after their families
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with their swords
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their spears
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and their bows
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{in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc}

4:14

And I looked
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and rose up
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and said
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unto the nobles
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and to the rulers
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and to the rest
<03499>

of the people
<05971>_,

Be not ye afraid
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of them
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remember
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the Lord
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[which is] great
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and terrible
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and fight
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for your brethren
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your sons
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and your daughters
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your wives
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and your houses
<01004>_.

4:15

And it came to pass, when our enemies
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heard
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that it was known
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unto us, and God
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had brought
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their counsel
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to nought
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that we returned
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all of us to the wall
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every one
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unto his work
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4:16

And it came to pass from that time
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forth, [that] the half
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of my servants
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wrought
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in the work
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and the other half
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of them held
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both the spears
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the shields
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and the bows
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and the habergeons
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and the rulers
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[were] behind
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all the house
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of Judah
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4:17

They which builded
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on the wall
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and they that bare
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burdens
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with those that laded
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[every one] with one
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of his hands
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wrought
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in the work
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and with the other
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[hand] held
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a weapon
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4:18

For the builders
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every one
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had his sword
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girded
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by his side
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and [so] builded
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And he that sounded
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the trumpet
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[was] by me
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{by his side: Heb. on his loins}

4:19

And I said
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unto the nobles
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and to the rulers
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and to the rest
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of the people
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The work
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[is] great
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and large
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and we are separated
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upon the wall
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one
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far from
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another
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4:20

In what place
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[therefore] ye hear
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the sound
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of the trumpet
<07782>_,

resort
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ye thither unto us: our God
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shall fight
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for us.

4:21

So we laboured
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in the work
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and half
<02677>

of them held
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the spears
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from the rising
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of the morning
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till the stars
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appeared
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4:22

Likewise at the same time
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said
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I unto the people
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Let every one
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with his servant
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lodge
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within
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Jerusalem
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that in the night
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they may be a guard
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to us, and labour
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on the day
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4:23

So neither I, nor my brethren
<0251>_,

nor my servants
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nor the men
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of the guard
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which followed
<0310>

me, none of us
<0587>

put off
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our clothes
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[saving that] every one
<0376>

put them off
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for washing
<04325>_.

{saving...: or, every one went with his weapon for water}