Nehemiah 13:19-21

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ When shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem just before the Sabbath, I gave orders that the gates be closed and not opened until after the Sabbath.^(A) I posted some of my men at the gates, so that no goods could enter during the Sabbath day.^{(B) 20} Once or twice the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, ²¹ but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force^[a] against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.