Nehemiah 13:20-22

Darby Translation

²⁰ And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.

²¹ And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath.

²² And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!