Nehemiah 13:19-21

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁹ And when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded to shut the gates, and charged that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that there would be no burden brought in on the Sabbath Day.

²⁰ So, the traders and merchants of all kinds of goods remained once or twice all night outside Jerusalem.

²¹ And I reproved them, and said to them, “Why do you stay all night around the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time, they no longer came on the Sabbath.