Nehemiah 4:13 - Catholic Public Domain Version

So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

So I took up a position in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall in an open area. Then I stationed the people by families, and they had their swords, spears, and bows.