Nechemyah 13:19-21

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁹ And it came to pass, that when the gates of Yerushalayim began to be dark before Shabbos, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after Shabbos, and some of my own men set I at the gates, that there should no massa (burden) be brought in on Shabbos.

²⁰ Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of merchandise lodged outside Yerushalayim.

²¹ Then I warned 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 Shabbos.