Nehemia 4:19

4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding ¹  and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

Nehemia 4:22

4:22 At that time I instructed ²  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “much.”

[4:22]  ² tn Heb “said [to].”