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Nehemiah 13:16-19

16Theredweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427men ofTyreוְהַצֹּרִים֙ve.ha.tzo.RimH6876also in the city, whobroughtמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935fishדָּ֖אגdagH1709, and all kinds ofwaresמֶ֑כֶרMe.kherH4377, andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676to thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then Icontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378with thenoblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, Whatevilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697is this that yedoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213, andprofaneוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18Didעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213not yourfathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1thus, anddidH935not ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935all thisevilהָרָעָ֣הha.ra.'AhH7451upon us, and upon thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892? yet yebringH935moreמוֹסִיפִ֤יםmo.si.FimH3254wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740uponIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19And it came to pass, that when thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389began to bedarkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, Icommandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that thegatesהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should beshutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462, andchargedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they should not beopenedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillafterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: and Isetהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975some of myservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288at thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, that there should noburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853be broughtinיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

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