Orthodox Jewish Bible

Nechemyah 4:21-23 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

21. [4:15] So we labored in the melachah, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn till the kokhavim appeared.

22. [4:16] Likewise at the same time said I unto HaAm, Let every one with his servant lodge within Yerushalayim, that in halailah they may be a mishmar (guard) to us, and at hayom a melachah (workman).

23. [4:17] So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my men, nor the anshei hamishmar (the men of the guard) which followed me, none of us put off our clothes; every one carried his weapon, even when he went for water.