Verse 21

Nehemiah 13:21

Bible in Basic English

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21 Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so again I will have you taken prisoners. From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וָ/אָעִ֣ידָ/ה בָ/הֶ֗ם וָ/אֹמְרָ֤/ה אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ מַדּ֜וּעַ אַתֶּ֤ם לֵנִים֙ נֶ֣גֶד הַ/חוֹמָ֔ה אִם תִּשְׁנ֕וּ יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּ/כֶ֑ם מִן הָ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֔יא לֹא בָ֖אוּ בַּ/שַּׁבָּֽת

English Translation

And I testified against them and said to them, "Why are you lying in front of the wall? If you change, I will send against you from that time; they did not come on the Sabbath."

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Chapter 13 Context

1 On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw th... Focus ↗

2 Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Bal... Focus ↗

3 So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people. Focus ↗

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God (El... Focus ↗

5 Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, an... Focus ↗

6 But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babyl... Focus ↗

7 And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making re... Focus ↗

8 And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room. Focus ↗

9 Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house o... Focus ↗

10 And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites... Focus ↗

11 Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God (Elohim) been given up? And I... Focus ↗

12 Then all Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the store-hous... Focus ↗

13 And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the... Focus ↗

14 Keep me in mind, O my God (Elohim), in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have do... Focus ↗

15 In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and... Focus ↗

16 And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the childr... Focus ↗

17 Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing... Focus ↗

18 Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God (Elohim) send all this evil on us and on this... Focus ↗

19 And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the do... Focus ↗

20 So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice. Focus ↗

21 Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so a...

22 And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabb... Focus ↗

23 And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab: Focus ↗

24 And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' l... Focus ↗

25 And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out... Focus ↗

26 Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there... Focus ↗

27 Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God (Elohim) by t... Focus ↗

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat th... Focus ↗

29 Keep them in mind, O my God (Elohim), because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the ag... Focus ↗

30 So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for... Focus ↗

31 And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God (Eloh... Focus ↗

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Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (31 verses)
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