Nehemiah 4:21

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

Nehemiah 9:23

9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

[4:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

[4:21]  ² tn Heb “half of them.”

[4:21]  ³ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”