The finishing of the wall is recorded in the simplest manner: first, with a formal specification of the date and time; then in its effect upon the …

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof ,
&c.] That the wall was finished:

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The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the Sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set…