work. All work is valued by its necessity in achieving the goal. In Nehemiah’s case the goal is to make Jerusalem defensible. To accomplish that Nehemiah both assigned the work to others and participated in the work himself. To begin, Nehemiah delegated. It would have been interesting to listen in on the Jews’ discussions as to how the work should be divided among them. What part would Nehemiah play in the discussion? His record does not tell us. But from chapter 3