OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 4:13

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Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Verse 13. Place. Hebrew adds, “below.”—Round. Hebrew “on the hills.” Bible.—To remove the apparent contradiction, ( Calmet.) Prot. supply, “and on the higher places.” Septuagint “in lurking holes,” σκεπεινοις.

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