Nehemiah 13:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

²¹ But I reproved and warned them, saying, Why do you lodge by the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. Then they stopped coming on the Sabbath.

²² And I commanded the Levites to cleanse themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this also and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness.