Nehemiah had made a plan for the rebuilding of the walls. Altogether there were 42 groups of workers - some were temple priests, others were goldsmiths, or perfume makers, or merchants or servants. <br/>People worked in groups on the sections of the wall nearest their homes and those from outside the city worked on the remaining sections. Everyone was involved and Nehemiah encouraged them. He mentions, for example, a man called Baruch who worked very hard (Nehemiah 3:20) and the people of Tekoa who mended two sections of the wall even though their leaders didn't want them to do any work (Nehemiah 3:5,27). – Slide 1
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