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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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bare burdens: Neh 4:10 every one: That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder. with one: Dan 9:25; Co1 9:12, Co1 16:9, Co1 16:13; Co2 6:7; Eph 6:11-20; Phi 1:28; Ti2 2:3; Ti2 4:7 Nehemiah 4:18
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