Nehemiah 13:17-19
English Standard Version
17 (A)Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, (B)profaning the Sabbath day? 18 (C)Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster[a] on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19 As soon as it (D)began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.
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- Nehemiah 13:18 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context
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