Lux Domini
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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Interpretation

The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set about it in earnest, and keep close to it.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 6:15-16.

Nehemiah 6:15 Nehemiah 6:16