Nehemiah 13:17-20

¹⁷Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing — profaning the Sabbath day?

¹⁸Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

¹⁹When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

²⁰Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,

— Nehemiah 13:17-20

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Cross References for Nehemiah 13:17-20

• Nehemiah 13:11
• Leviticus 23:32
• Jeremiah 17:21-23
• Exodus 31:14-17
• Nehemiah 13:25
• Jeremiah 22:2-23
• Ezekiel 23:8
• Nehemiah 5:7
• Leviticus 26:18
• Jeremiah 5:5

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