Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Yehudah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, being Mechallel Shabbos (desecrator of Shabbos)?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

In Context

16There dwelt men of Tzor also therein, which brought dag (fish), and all manner of merchandise, and sold on Shabbos unto the Bnei Yehudah, and in Yerushalayim.

18Did not your avot thus, and did not Eloheinu bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? Yet ye bring more wrath upon Yisroel by committing Chillul Shabbos (desecration of Shabbos).

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted my own thoughts, and I rebuked the Nobles, + 5:7 See 3:5 and the officials, and said unto them, Ye exact massa (usury), + 5:7 i.e., seizing what is pledged against debts, whether people, land, or property every one from his brother. And I called a kehillah gedolah against them.

Nehemiah 13:25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by Elohim, saying, Ye shall not give your banot unto their banim, nor take their banot unto your banim, or for yourselves.

Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the torah praise the rasha, 1 but such as be shomer over the torah contend against them. 1

Jeremiah 5:5I will get me unto the Gedolim, 1 and will speak unto them; 1 for they have known the Derech Hashem, 1 and the Mishpat Eloheihem; 1 but these have altogether broken off the ol (yoke), 1 and burst the bonds. 1

Jeremiah 22:2And say, Hear the Devar Hashem, O Melech Yehudah, that sittest upon the kisse of Dovid, thou, and thy avadim, and thy people that enter in by these she'arim (gates);

Micah 3:1And I said: 1 Hear, O Rashei Ya'akov, 1 and ye Ketzinim of Bais Yisroel. 1 Is it not for you to have da'as of Mishpat (Justice)? 1

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:16-23

The Charge Respecting the Sabbath. ( b. c. 434.) 15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I… Read the whole commentary →

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