20. When you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us at that location. Our God will fight for us!"
21. So we continued the work. Half of the men held spears. We worked from the first light of sunrise until the stars came out at night.
22. At that time I also spoke to the people. I told them, "Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night. Then they can guard us at night. And they can work during the day."