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Nehemiah Chapter 4 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set `there' the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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BBE Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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DARBY Nehemiah 4:13

I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
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KJV Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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WBT Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore I set in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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WEB Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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YLT Nehemiah 4:13

And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Then set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places. There is no and m the original. Nehemiah means that in the less elevated places, where the wall was least strong by nature, he had his men posted on conspicuous spots within the walls, where they could be seen from a distance, and so deterred the enemy from advancing. He drew them up after their families, that each man might feel he was fighting for his brethren, sons, etc. (ver. 14).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) After their families.--In allusion to the ambushes of Nehemiah 4:11, Nehemiah set families together--besides the appointed guards--" in the lower places," where the wall was not raised to the due height, that is, really, "on the higher places," or rather, the bare places, whence enemies might be better seen. The "lower" were the "bare" places.