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Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
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Verse 16. Wall, pleading no exemption, but making my servants work. Calmet.—Though no particular portion was assigned to him, he helped all. Tirinus.—No land, as I might have done, on advantageous terms. Bible.—Rare example of disinterestedness! He praises himself without vanity, only to induce others to follow the same course. So Moses, David, Saint Paul, and others acted. Numbers 12:3. and so forth
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