Nehemiah 4:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ From then on half of my men worked and half stood guard, wearing coats of armor and armed with spears, shields, and bows. And our leaders gave their full support to the people ¹⁷ who were rebuilding the wall. Even those who carried building materials worked with one hand and kept a weapon in the other, ¹⁸ and everyone who was building kept a sword strapped to their waist. The man who was to sound the alarm on the bugle stayed with me.