Nehemiah - 7:3 Meaning
“And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.”
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
7:1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.
“What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.”
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