Nehemiah 4:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.

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  • Neh 11:1-2 : 1 And the rulers of the people dwelt in Ierusalem: the other people also cast lottes, to bring one out of ten to dwel in Ierusalem the holy citie, and nine partes to be in the cities. 2 And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

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  • Neh 4:23
    83%

    23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my seruants, nor the men of the warde, (which followed me) none of vs did put off our clothes, saue euery one put them off for washing.

  • Neh 4:8-21
    14 verses
    82%

    8And conspired all together to come & to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

    9The we prayed vnto our God, & set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

    10And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

    11Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.

    12But when the Iewes (which dwelt beside them) came, they told vs ten times, From all places whece ye shal returne, they wil be vpon vs.

    13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, & placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.

    14Then I behelde, and rose vp, and said vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afrayde of them: remember the great Lorde, and fearefull, and fight for your brethren, your sonnes, and your daughters, your wiues, and your houses.

    15And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.

    16And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the speares, and shieldes, and bowes, and habergins: and the rulers stoode behinde all the house of Iudah.

    17They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.

    18For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.

    19Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.

    20In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.

    21So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

  • Neh 7:3
    78%

    3And I saide vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened, vntill the heate of the sunne: and while they stande by, let them shut the doores, and make them fast: and I appointed wardes of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, euery one in his warde, and euery one ouer against his house.

  • Neh 5:16
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    16But rather I fortified a portio in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16They were as a wall vnto vs both by night & by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

  • Neh 4:6
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    6So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

  • Neh 2:15-18
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    15Then went I vp in ye night by the brooke, and viewed the wall, and turned backe, and comming backe, I entred by the gate of the valley & returned.

    16And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.

    17Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.

    18Then I tolde them of the hande of my God, (which was good ouer me) and also of the Kings wordes that he had spoken vnto me; they sayd, Let vs rise, and buyld. So they strengthened their hand to good.

  • Neh 13:19-22
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    73%

    19And when the gates of Ierusalem beganne to be darke before the Sabbath, I commaded to shut the gates, and charged, that they should not be opened til after the Sabbath, and some of my seruants set I at the gates, that there shoulde no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.

    20So the chapmen and marchants of al marchandise remained once or twise all night without Ierusalem.

    21And I protested among them, and said vnto them, Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay hands vpon you. from that time came they no more on the Sabbath.

    22And I sayde vnto the Leuites, that they should clense themselues, and that they shoulde come and keepe the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, & pardon me according to thy great mercy.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And another third part in the gate of Sur: and another thirde part in the gate behinde them of the garde: and ye shall keepe watche in the house of Massah.

    7And two parts of you, that is, all that goe out on the Sabbath day, shal keepe the watch of the house of the Lord about the King.

  • 1 Chr 9:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

    27And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.

  • Neh 2:12
    72%

    12And I rose in the night, I, and a fewe men with me: for I told no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalem, & there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.

  • Neh 11:2-3
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    71%

    2And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

    3These now are the chiefe of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalem, but in the cities of Iudah, euery one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants.

  • Neh 13:30
    71%

    30Then cleansed I them from all strangers, and appoynted the wardes of the Priestes and of the Leuites, euery one in his office,

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
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    6To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire the house.

  • Neh 6:10
    71%

    10And I came to the house of Shemaiah the sonne of Delaiah the sonne of Mehetabeel, and he was shut vp, and he said, Let vs come together into the house of God in the middes of the Temple, and shut the doores of the Temple: for they will come to slay thee: yea, in the night will they come to kill thee.

  • Isa 62:6
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    6I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles, O Ierusalem, which all the day & all the night continually shal not cease: ye that are mindfull of the Lord, keepe not silence,

  • Neh 12:40
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    40So stood the two companies (of them that gaue thankes) in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

  • Ezek 12:7
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    7And as I was commaunded, so I brought forth my stuffe by day, as ye stuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie: and by night I digged through the wall with mine hand, & brought it forth in ye darke, & I bare it vpo my shoulder in their sight.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15Moreouer thou hast workmen with thee enough, hewers of stone, and workemen for timber, and all men expert in euery worke.

  • Neh 12:38
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    38And the seconde companie of them that gaue thankes, went on the other side, and I after them, and the halfe of the people was vpon the wal, and vpon the towre of the furnaces euen vnto the broad wall.

  • Ezra 4:4
    70%

    4Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,

  • 2 Chr 23:4
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    4This is it that ye shal do, The third part of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests, and the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
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    4He commanded also the people that dwelt in Ierusalem, to giue a part to the Priestes, and Leuites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord.

  • Ezra 2:70
    70%

    70So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Ezra 5:4
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    4Then sayde we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?

  • Ezra 1:4
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    4And euery one that remayneth in any place (where he soiourneth) let the men of his place relieue him with siluer and with golde, and with substance, and with cattel, and with a willing offring, for the house of God that is in Ierusalem.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    70%

    19These waited on the King, besides those which the King put in the strong cities thoroughout all Iudah.

  • Ezra 6:7
    70%

    7Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.