Nehemiah 13:15-17

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ In those days I saw people in Judah working in the winepresses on the Sabbath day. People were bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys on the Sabbath day. People were bringing loads of wine, grapes and figs into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I warned them about selling food on that day. ¹⁶ Men from the city of Tyre were living in Jerusalem. They brought in fish and other things. They sold them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath day to the people of Judah. ¹⁷ I argued with the important men of Judah. I said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing? You are ruining the Sabbath day.