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Nehemiah 13:19-22

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.

20So themerchantsהָרֹכְלִ֜יםha.ro.khe.LimH7402andsellersוּמֹכְרֵ֧יu.mo.khe.ReiH4376of all kind ofwaresמִמְכָּ֛רmi.KarH4465lodgedוַיָּלִ֨ינוּvai.ya.Li.nuH3885outsideofמִח֥וּץmi.ChutzH2351Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389onceפַּ֥עַםPa.'amH6471ortwiceוּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃u.she.Ta.yimH8147.

21Then Itestifiedוָאָעִ֣ידָהva.'a.'I.dahH5749against them, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֤הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, Whylodgeלֵנִים֙le.NimH3885yebeforeנֶ֣גֶדNe.gedH5048thewallהַחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346? if ye do soagainתִּשְׁנ֕וּtish.NuH8138, I willlayאֶשְׁלַ֣ח'esh.LachH7971handsיָ֖דyadH3027on you. From thattimeהָעֵ֣תha.'EtH6256forth theycameבָ֖אוּVa.'uH935no more on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ סba.sha.BatH7676.

22And Icommandedוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881that they shouldcleanseמִֽטַּהֲרִים֙mi.ta.ha.RimH2891themselves, and that they shouldcomeוּבָאִים֙u.va.'ImH935andkeepשֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.RimH8104thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, tosanctifyלְקַדֵּ֖שׁle.ka.DeshH6942thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֣וֹםYomH3117.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142me, O myGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430, concerning this also, andspareוְח֥וּסָהve.Chu.sahH2347me according to thegreatnessכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thymercyחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ פchas.De.khaH2617.

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