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Nehemiah 13:16-19

16Theredweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427menofTyrealsotherein,whobroughtH935infishדָּ֖אגdagH1709,andallmannerofwares,andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376onthesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676untothechildrenofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063,andinJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17ThenIcontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378withthenoblesofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andsaidH559untothem,Whatevilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697isthisthatyedo,andprofaneH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18DidnotyourfathersH1thusכֹ֤הkhohH3541,anddidnotourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935allthisevilH7451uponus,anduponthiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892?yetyebringH935morewrathuponIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19Anditcameיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935topassthat,whenthegatesH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389begantobeH1961darkbeforethesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676,Icommandedthatthedoorsהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817shouldbeH1961shutH5462,andcommandedthattheyshouldnotbeH1961openedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillafterthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676:andsomeofmyservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288setH5975IoverthegatesH8179,thatthereshouldnoburdenH4853beH1961broughtH935inonthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

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