Verse 20
Nehemiah 13:20
King James Version
20
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without 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.
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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 therein was found writ...
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2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them...
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3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed mult...
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4
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God (E...
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5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frank...
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But in all this
time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of...
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And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a...
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And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
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9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the hou...
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10
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them: for the Levites and the si...
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11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God (Elohim) forsaken? And I gathere...
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12
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
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13
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Le...
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14
Remember me, O my God (Elohim), concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for...
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15
In those days saw I in Judah
some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and...
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16
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sa...
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17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing
is this that ye do, a...
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18
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God (Elohim) bring all this evil upon us, and upon this c...
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19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I command...
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20
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
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Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I...
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22
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and
that they should come
and keep...
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23
In those days also saw I Jews
that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,
and of Moab:
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And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, bu...
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25
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, a...
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26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like hi...
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27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God (Elohim) in...
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And
one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son in law to Sanballat the...
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29
Remember them, O my God (Elohim), because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the...
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30
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, eve...
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31
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God (Elohi...
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