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Nehemiah 13:16-19

16There dweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427men of Tyreוְהַצֹּרִים֙ve.ha.tzo.RimH6876also therein, which broughtמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935fishדָּ֖אגdagH1709,and all manner of wareמֶ֑כֶרMe.kherH4377,and soldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376on the sabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676unto the childrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063,and in Jerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then I contendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378with the noblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,and saidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559unto them, What evilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697isthis that ye doעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213,and profaneוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18Didעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213not your fathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1thus, and didH935not our Godאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935all this evilהָרָעָ֣הha.ra.'AhH7451upon us, and upon this cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892?yet ye bringH935moreמוֹסִיפִ֤יםmo.si.FimH3254wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740upon Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478by profaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19And it came to pass, that when the gatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389began to be darkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676,I commandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that the gatesהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should be shutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462,and chargedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they should not be openedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605till afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: and someof my servantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288setהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975I at the gatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, thatthere should no burdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853be brought inיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935on the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

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