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Nehemiah 13:16-19

16Also peopleH6876ofH6876TyreH6876were livingיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427there whoimportedמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935fishH1710and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605kinds ofmerchandiseמֶ֑כֶרMe.kherH4377,and soldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376themto the sonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063on the Sabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676,even in Jerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then Ireprimandedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378the noblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063and saidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, “Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100is thisהַזֶּה֙ha.ZehH2088evilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697that you are doingעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213,by profaningוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18Did your fathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1not doעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213the sameכֹ֤הkhohH3541,so that our Godאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430broughtוַיָּבֵ֨אvai.ya.Ve'H935on us and on thisH2088cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892allכָּל־kol-H3605thisH2088troubleH7463?Yet you are addingמוֹסִיפִ֤יםmo.si.FimH3254to the wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740againstH5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478by profaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.”

19Andit cameH1961aboutH1961that justH3512asH3512it becameH6751darkH6751at the gatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676,I orderedH559that the doorsהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817be shutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462,and that they were not to openיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605them untilעַ֖ד'adH5704afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676.Then I stationedהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975some of my servantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288at the gatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179so thatnoH3808loadמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853would enterיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935on the Sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

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