Nehemiah 13:20

וַיָּלִינוּ הָרֹכְלִים וּמֹכְרֵי כָל ־ מִמְכָּר מִחוּץ לִירוּשָׁלִָם פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּֽיִם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

In Context

19וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צָֽלֲלוּ שַׁעֲרֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם לִפְנֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וָאֹֽמְרָה וַיִּסָּגְרוּ הַדְּלָתוֹת וָאֹמְרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִפְתָּחוּם עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת וּמִנְּעָרַי הֶֽעֱמַדְתִּי עַל ־ הַשְּׁעָרִים לֹא ־ יָבוֹא מַשָּׂא בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת ׃

21וָאָעִידָה בָהֶם וָאֹמְרָה אֲלֵיהֶם מַדּוּעַ אַתֶּם לֵנִים נֶגֶד הַחוֹמָה אִם ־ תִּשְׁנוּ יָד אֶשְׁלַח בָּכֶם מִן ־ הָעֵת הַהִיא לֹא ־ בָאוּ בַּשַּׁבָּֽת ׃ ס

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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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