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Nehemiah 4:13 (AKJV)
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
 

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Nehemiah 4:14 (CSB)

After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.”
 
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Nehemiah 4:15 (ERV)
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.
 

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Nehemiah 4:16 (ASV)

And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
 

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Nehemiah 4:18

And the builders each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.
 
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Nehemiah 4:19 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
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;
 
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Nehemiah 4:22 (KJV)
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.
 

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Nehemiah 4:23 (ASV)

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.
 
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Nehemiah 5:2 (BST)
And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.
 

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Nehemiah 5:1 (RSV)

1. Now when Sanbal′lat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews.
Correction:
Nehemiah 5:1 (RSV)

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brethren.

Nehemiah 5:3 (NRSV)

There were also those who said, “We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.”
 
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Nehemiah 5:5 (King James 2000 Bible)
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
 

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Nehemiah 5:7 (NRSV)

After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them,