Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 13:19

וַיְהִ֣י כַּאֲשֶׁ֡ר צָלֲל֡וּ שַׁעֲרֵ֡י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֡ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֡ת וָאֹמְרָ֡ה וַיִּסָּגְרוּ֩ הַדְּלָת֨וֹת וָאֹמְרָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹ֣א יִפְתְּח֡וּם עַ֣ד אַחַ֡ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֞י הֶעֱמַ֤דְתִּי עַל הַשְּׁעָרִים֙ לֹ֣א יָב֣וֹא מַשָּׂ֔א בְּי֖וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃
vayhiy kaʾasher ṣalalv shaʿarey yrvshaliam lipney hashabat vaʾomrah vayisagrv hadlatvot vaʾomrah ʾasher loʾ yiptḥvm ʿad ʾaḥar hashabat vminʿaray heʿemadtiy ʿal hashʿariym loʾ yabvoʾ mashaʾ byvom hashabat
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.

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