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## Nehemiah 4:18-21 in Context (Verses 15–23 KJV)
 
 [15 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/15) And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/16) And it came to pass from that time forth, *that* the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers *were* behind all the house of Judah.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/17) They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, *every one* with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other *hand* held a weapon.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/18) For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and *so* builded. And he that sounded the trumpet *was* by me.*
 
 [19 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/19) ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work *is* great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/20) In what place *therefore* ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/21) So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/22) Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/nehemiah/4/23) So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, *saving that* every one put them off for washing.*
 
[Nehemiah 3](/kjv/nehemiah/3) [Nehemiah 5](/kjv/nehemiah/5)

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