Nehemiah 4:18-21

Context
4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter¹ remained with me.

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding² and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another. 4:20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!”

4:21 So we worked on,³ with half⁴ holding spears, from dawn till dusk.⁵

[4:18] ¹tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

[4:19] ²tn Heb “much.”

[4:21] ³tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

[4:21] ⁴tn Heb “half of them.”

[4:21] ⁵tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”