Nehemiah 4:22

4:22 At that time I instructed ¹  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

Nehemiah 6:3

6:3 So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in ²  an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

[4:22]  ¹ tn Heb “said [to].”

[6:3]  ² tn Heb “[am] doing.”