Verse 17
Nehemiah 13:17
World English Bible
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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אָרִ֕יבָ/ה אֵ֖ת חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וָ/אֹמְרָ֣/ה לָ/הֶ֗ם מָֽה הַ/דָּבָ֨ר הָ/רָ֤ע הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים וּֽ/מְחַלְּלִ֖ים אֶת י֥וֹם הַ/שַּׁבָּֽת
English Translation
And I contended with the men of Judah, and I said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing and profaning the Sabbath day?"
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Chapter 13 Context
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because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against...
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It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israe...
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Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God (Eloh...
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had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the...
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But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon...
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and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him...
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It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
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Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God (Elohim)’s hou...
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I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the si...
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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God (Elohim)’s house forsaken?” I gathered them...
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Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
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I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levite...
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Remember me, my God (Elohim), concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for...
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Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabba...
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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, a...
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It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded th...
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So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
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Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so agai...
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I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the g...
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In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
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and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, bu...
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I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and...
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Remember them, my God (Elohim), because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the pr...
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Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites,...
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