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John Trapp on Nehemiah 4:23

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Nehemiah4:23

Verſe 23. So neither I] He ſaid not to his men, Ite, but eamus, as Caeſar did; Go ye, but go we, and as Abimelech, Judg. 9.48. What ye ſee me do, make haſte and do accordingly: Velleius flattered when he ſaid, Tiberius imperio maximus, exemplo major. Nehemiah was ſo in very deed.

Saving that every one put them off for waſhing] To keep themſelves cleanly, and from being naſty: or otherwiſe, to waſh themſelves from legal pollutions.

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