Verse 20
Nehemiah 13:20
New Living Translation
20
The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּלִ֨ינוּ הָ/רֹכְלִ֜ים וּ/מֹכְרֵ֧י כָל מִמְכָּ֛ר מִ/ח֥וּץ לִ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֖ם פַּ֥עַם וּ/שְׁתָּֽיִם
English Translation
And the merchants and sellers of every sale outside of Jerusalem will stay overnight once or twice.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 13 Context
1
On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said...
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For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired...
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When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from t...
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Before this had happened, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed as supervisor of the storeroom...
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had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah’s disposal. The room had previously been...
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I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-...
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When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib’s evil deed in providing Tobiah with a ro...
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I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room.
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9
Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the articles for God (Elohim)’s Templ...
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10
I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and...
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11
I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God (Elohim) been neglecte...
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12
And once more all the people of Judah began bringing their tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil...
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13
I assigned supervisors for the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one...
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14
Remember this good deed, O my God (Elohim), and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for th...
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15
In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bring...
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16
Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They...
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17
So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked.
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18
“Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God (Elohim) to bring all...
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19
Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening, n...
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20
The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.
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But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you...
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22
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the ho...
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23
About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, a...
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24
Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not...
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25
So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair....
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26
“Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from...
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27
How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God (Elohim)...
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28
One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Ho...
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Remember them, O my God (Elohim), for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the pr...
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So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain tha...
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I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were br...
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