Nehemiah 13:21

Therefore 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

In Context

20But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

22And I gave word to the Levites, that they should be purifying themselves and coming in, as keepers of the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. This also, remember to me, O my God, and have pity upon me, according to the abundance of thy lovingkindness.

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Cross References

Ezra 7:26But, whosoever shall not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, speedily, let, penalty, be exacted from him,—whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Nehemiah 13:15In those days, saw I in Judah—some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves and lading asses, moreover also wine, grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, which they were bringing into Jerusalem on the sabbath day,—so I protested against it, as a day for them to sell provisions.

1 Peter 2:14Or unto governors, as, through him, sent—for vengeance on evil-doers, but praise to such as do good;

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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