Nehemiah 13:20-22

Jubilee Bible 2000

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

²¹ Then I testified and protested against them and said unto them, Why do ye lodge about the wall? If ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came no more on the sabbath.

²² And I told the Levites that they should cleanse themselves and that they should come and guard the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.