20 Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” 21 So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
Nehemiah 4:20–22
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