Nehemiah 13:20

Nehemiah 13:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
• New International Version (NIV)Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

Context of Nehemiah 13:20

18Did your fathers (ancestors) not do the same, and did our God not bring all this trouble on us and on this city? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” 19Now when it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath [began], I commanded that the doors be shut and not be opened until after the Sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load [of merchandise] would enter [Jerusalem] on the Sabbath day. So once or twice the merchants and sellers of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. 21But I warned them, saying, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do so again, I will use force against you.” From that time on, they did not come on the Sabbath. 22And I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, remember me concerning this also and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness.

Nehemiah 13:20 word by word

וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ הָרֹכְלִ֜ים וּמֹכְרֵ֧י כָל־מִמְכָּ֛ר מִח֥וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִָ֖ם פַּ֥עַם וּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the merchantsרָכַלrâkal · to tradeH7402
• and sellersמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• of all kind of wareמִמְכָּרmimkâr · saleH4465
• lodgedלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• onceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• or twiceשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20So the merchants - lodged without Jerusalem - They exposed their wares for sale on the outside of the walls.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The keeping holy the Lord's day forms an important object for their attention who would promote true godliness. Religion never prospers while sabbaths are trodden under foot. No wonder there was a general decay of religion, and corruption of manners among the Jews, when they forsook the sanctuary and profaned the sabbath. Those little consider what an evil they do, who profane the sabbath. We must answer for the sins others are led to commit…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-31Nehemiah made two more changes to bring back correct Sabbath observance (Nehemiah 13:15–22) and correct marriage practices (13:23–31). These two sections follow a similar pattern: Nehemiah found a problem, fixed it, and then asked God for a blessing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-3115-22. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath--The cessation of the temple services had been necessarily followed by a public profanation of the Sabbath, and this had gone so far that labor was carried on in the fields, and fish brought to the markets on the sacred day. Nehemiah took the decisive step of ordering the city gates to be shut, and not to be opened, till the Sabbath was past; and in order to ensure the faithful…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 13:20

• Harvest
• Merchant
• Sabbath
• Traffic
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Contend
• Outlandish
• Testify
• Understand
• Buying
• Commerce
• Sabbath
• Sanctification
• Wares

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings