Nehemiah 13:20

But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And it came to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem made a shadow before the sabbath, then gave I word, and they shut the doors, and I gave word, that they should not open them, until after the sabbath,—and, some of my young men, set I near the gates, so that no burden should be brought in, on the sabbath day.

21Therefore I testified against them, and said unto them, Wherefore are ye lodging against the wall? if ye do it again, a hand, will I thrust upon you,—From that time, they came not on the sabbath.

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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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