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11 Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.” 12 Now it happened when the Jews who lived near them came and said to us ten times, “[a]They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,” 13 that I had men stand in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the [b]exposed places, and I (A)had the people stand by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:12 As in Gr; Heb omits They...up
  2. Nehemiah 4:13 Lit bare