20 Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. 21 But I warned them and said, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you.” From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath.

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

21 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.

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20 Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of [a]wares [b]lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

21 Then I warned them, and said to them, “Why do you spend the night [c]around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:20 merchandise
  2. Nehemiah 13:20 spent the night
  3. Nehemiah 13:21 Lit. before