kjv Nehemiah:13:15-21 SEEK
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In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath ,
and bringing in sheaves ,
and lading asses ;
as also wine ,
grapes ,
and figs ,
and all manner of burdens ,
which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day :
and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals .
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There dwelt men of Tyre also therein ,
which brought fish ,
and all manner of ware ,
and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah ,
and in Jerusalem .
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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah ,
and said unto them ,
What evil thing is this that ye do ,
and profane the sabbath day ?
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Did not your fathers thus ,
and did not our God bring all this evil upon us ,
and upon this city ?
yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath .
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And it came to pass ,
that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath ,
I commanded that the gates should be shut ,
and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath :
and some of my servants set I at the gates ,
that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day .
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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 will lay hands on you .
From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath .