19. And I said to the nobles, and to the deputy rulers, and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated far from one another on the wall.
20. “In whatever place you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, join us there. Our Elohim fights for us.”
21. So we laboured in the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of day until the stars appeared.
22. At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man and his servant spend the night in Yerushalayim, and they shall be our guard by night, and for the work by day.”