Nehemia 4:21

4:21 So we worked on, ¹  with half ²  holding spears, from dawn till dusk. ³ 

Nehemia 9:2

9:2 Those truly of Israelite descent ⁴  separated from all the foreigners, ⁵  standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. ⁶ 

[4:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and we were doing the work.”

[4:21]  ² tn Heb “half of them.”

[4:21]  ³ tn Heb “from the coming up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the seed of Israel.”

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons of a foreigner.”

[9:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 16, 23, 32, 34, 36).