Beside Nehemiah stood a trumpeter, and on different parts of the wall were stationed priests bearing the sacred trumpets. The people were scattered in their labors, but on the approach of danger at any point a signal was given for them to repair thither without delay. "So we labored in the work," Nehemiah says, "and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared."

Der stod en hornblæser ved siden af Nehemias, og langs muren var der med mellemrum opstillet præster med de hellige basuner. Der var lang afstand mellem folkene på muren, men når der nærmede sig en fare et eller andet sted langs muren, blev der givet signal til, at de alle sammen ufortøvet skulle begive sig hen til det pågældende sted. Nehemias siger videre: "Således udførte vi arbejdet, idet halvdelen af os holdt spydene rede fra morgengry til stjernernes opgang"