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15 In those days I saw in Judah highways filled with traffic on the sabbath, and men bringing burdens loaded on asses; and also wine, grapes, figs, and all manner of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I testified against them that they might not sell game. 16 And not to bring fish, neither to sell on the sabbath to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with the chiefs of Judah and said to them, Why are you doing this evil thing and profaning the sabbath day? 18 Your fathers did likewise, and God brought all this misfortune upon us and upon this city, yet you bring more wrath and anger upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. 19 Now when the gates of Jerusalem were opened before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath; and I set some of my servants at the gates, that there should be no burden brought in on the sabbath day. Nehemiah 13:15-19, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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