Verse 19
Nehemiah 13:19
Young's Literal Translation
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And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֡י כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/שַּׁבָּ֗ת וָ/אֹֽמְרָ/ה֙ וַ/יִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַ/דְּלָת֔וֹת וָ/אֹ֣מְרָ֔/ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּ/ם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַ/שַּׁבָּ֑ת וּ/מִ/נְּעָרַ֗/י הֶֽעֱמַ֨דְתִּי֙ עַל הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּ/י֥וֹם הַ/שַּׁבָּֽת
English Translation
And it was when the gates of Jerusalem were shut before the Sabbath, and I commanded, and the doors were shut, and I commanded that they not be opened until after the Sabbath; and I stationed some of my young men at the gates so that no burden would come in on the Sabbath day.
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