Verse 21

Nehemiah 13:21

Darby Translation

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21 And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not 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 they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found writte... Focus ↗

2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam agai... Focus ↗

3 And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitud... Focus ↗

4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God... Focus ↗

5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and... Focus ↗

6 And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes k... Focus ↗

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him... Focus ↗

8 And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber. Focus ↗

9 And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the hous... Focus ↗

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the si... Focus ↗

11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God (Elohim) forsaken? And I gathere... Focus ↗

12 And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses. Focus ↗

13 And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the... Focus ↗

14 Remember me, O my God (Elohim), concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done fo... Focus ↗

15 In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and... Focus ↗

16 Men of Tyre also dwelt therein, who brought fish and all manner of ware, and sold it on the sabbath... Focus ↗

17 And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, pro... Focus ↗

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God (Elohim) bring all this evil upon us and upon this ci... Focus ↗

19 And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I c... Focus ↗

20 And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice. Focus ↗

21 And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do s...

22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep t... Focus ↗

23 In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab. Focus ↗

24 And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language,... Focus ↗

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, an... Focus ↗

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king lik... Focus ↗

27 And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God (Elohim) by m... Focus ↗

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

29 Remember them, my God (Elohim), for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the... Focus ↗

30 And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, e... Focus ↗

31 and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God (Eloh... Focus ↗

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Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (31 verses)
Version: Darby Translation

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