Nehemiah 13:17-19
New English Translation
17 So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? 18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors[a] acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”[b]
19 When the evening shadows began to fall on[c] the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered[d] the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned[e] some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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- Nehemiah 13:18 tn Heb “your fathers.”
- Nehemiah 13:18 tn The words “like this” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied.
- Nehemiah 13:19 tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”
- Nehemiah 13:19 tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).
- Nehemiah 13:19 tn Heb “caused to stand.”
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