So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Saving ... - The text here is probably unsound. It yields no satisfactory sense. See the margin.
Adam Clarke
None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing - The Hebrew for all this is only אין אנחנו פשטים בגדינו איש שלחו המים ein anachnu poshetim begadeynu ish shilcho…
When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work, yet they were not so secure as to lay down their arms, knowing how restless and unwearied they…
Cambridge Bible
my brethren … servants … men of the guard which followed me Nehemiah mentions in detail those in whom he had complete confidence and upon whose faithfulness the success of his project depended. These…
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