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Nehemiah 13:19-22

19And itcameיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935topassH935that, when thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beganוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961to bedarkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, Icommandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that thedoorsהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should beshutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462, andcommandedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they shouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808beopenedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillעַ֖ד'adH5704afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: andsomeH3117of myservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288setהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975I over thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, that there shouldnoלֹא־lo'-H3808burdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853bebroughtH935in on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

20So themerchantsהָרֹכְלִ֜יםha.ro.khe.LimH7402and sellers ofallכָל־khol-H3605kind of ware lodged withoutJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389onceH6471ortwiceH6471.

21Then Itestifiedוָאָעִ֣ידָהva.'a.'I.dahH5749againstH413them, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֤הva.'o.me.RahH559unto them,Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069lodge yeaboutH413thewallהַחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346?ifH518yedoH518soH4480againH7971, I willlayH7971handsיָ֖דyadH3027onyouאַתֶּ֤ם'a.TemH859. From that timeforthH7971cameבָ֖אוּVa.'uH935theynoלֹא־lo'-H3808moreH4480on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ סba.sha.BatH7676.

22And Icommandedוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881that they shouldpurifyמִֽטַּהֲרִים֙mi.ta.ha.RimH2891themselvesH6942, and that they shouldcomeוּבָאִים֙u.va.'ImH935andkeepשֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.RimH8104thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, tosanctifyH6942thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֣וֹםYomH3117.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142untomeH5921, O myGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430, this also, andspareוְח֥וּסָהve.Chu.sahH2347meH5921accordingH5921to thegreatnessכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thy mercy.

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