So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
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Interpretation
We must watch always against spiritual enemies, and not expect that our warfare will be over till our work is ended. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, which we ought to have always at hand, and never to have to seek for it, either in our labours, or in our conflicts, as Christians.
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 4:19-23.