Nehemías 4:23

23 Durante ese tiempo, ninguno de nosotros —ni yo, ni mis parientes, ni mis sirvientes, ni los guardias que estaban conmigo— nos quitamos la ropa. En todo momento portábamos nuestras armas, incluso cuando íbamos por agua.

Nehemías 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 4:23

So neither I, nor my brethren
The nobles and rulers:

nor my servants;
his domestic servants that waited upon him:

nor the men of the guard which followed me;
his bodyguard, which attended him as a commissioner of the king of Persia for state and grandeur:

none of us put off our clothes;
at night when they laid themselves down to sleep, but laid in, them, that they might be ready upon an alarm made:

saving that everyone put them off for washing;
not for common washing, because dirty, but for washing on account of ceremonial uncleanness, which required washing both of bodies and garments, see ( Leviticus 15:5-10 ) , &c. and the Vulgate Latin version expresses it by baptism, as the apostle calls such ceremonial ablutions in ( Hebrews 6:2 ) ( 9:10 ) . It is in the margin of our Bibles, "everyone went with his weapon for water"; when he went to Siloam, or any other place, for water, he took a weapon with him to defend himself upon occasion; which is no bad sense of the words. Noldius ^F7 renders the words, "everyone with his weapon (and) water"; both were at his bolster, ready, if wanted, see ( 1 Samuel 26:11 1 Samuel 26:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Ebr. Concord. Partic. p. 322.

Nehemías 4:23 In-Context

21 Trabajábamos desde temprano hasta tarde, desde la salida hasta la puesta del sol; y la mitad de los hombres estaba siempre de guardia.

22 También les dije a todos los que vivían fuera de las murallas que se quedaran en Jerusalén. De esa manera ellos y sus sirvientes podían colaborar con los turnos de guardia de noche y trabajar durante el día.

23 Durante ese tiempo, ninguno de nosotros —ni yo, ni mis parientes, ni mis sirvientes, ni los guardias que estaban conmigo— nos quitamos la ropa. En todo momento portábamos nuestras armas, incluso cuando íbamos por agua.