Nehemiah

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1:3	They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.” down.”
1:4	When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaventhe heavens.
1:5	I said, YahwehLord, the God of heaventhe heavens, the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps Hishis gracious covenant with those who love Himhim and keep Hishis commands,
1:6	let Youryour eyes be open and Youryour ears be attentive to hear Youryour servant’s prayer that I now pray to Youyou day and night for Youryour servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against Youyou. Both I and my father’s housefamily have sinned.
1:7	We have acted corruptly toward Youyou and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances Youyou gave Youryour servant Moses.
1:8	Please remember what Youyou commanded Youryour servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.
1:9	But if you return to Meme and carefully observe Mymy commands, even though your exiles were banished to the endsfarthest of the earthhorizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have Mymy name dwell.”
1:10	They are Youryour servants and Youryour people. You redeemed them by Youryour great power and strong hand.
1:11	Please, Lord, let Youryour ear be attentive to the prayer of Youryour servant and to that of Youryour servants who delight to revere Youryour name. Give Youryour servant success today, and havegrant him compassion on him in the presence of this man. At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.
2:2	so the king said to me, “Why aredo you look so sad, when you aren’t sick? This is nothing but depressionsadness of heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
2:4	Then the king asked me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaventhe heavens
2:7	I also said to the king:, “If it pleases the king, let me have letters written to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
2:8	And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.” The king granted my requests, for Ithe wasgracious graciouslyhand strengthenedof by my God was on me.
2:10	When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard that someone had come to seekpursue the well-beingprosperity of the Israelites, they were greatly displeased.
2:17	So I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned down. Come, let’s rebuild Jerusalem’s wall, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
2:18	I told them how the gracious hand of my God had been on me, and what the king had said to me. They said, “Let’s start rebuilding,” and theytheir hands were encouragedstrengthened to do this good work.
2:20	I gave them this reply, “The God of heaventhe heavens is the Oneone who will grant us success. We, Hishis servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”
3:1	EliashibThe the high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it.
3:9	Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler overof half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
3:12	Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler overof half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs — he and his daughters.
3:13	Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired 500five hundred yards of the wall to the Dung Gate.
3:14	Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler overof the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
3:15	Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler overof the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.
3:16	After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler overof half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.
3:17	Next to him the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him Hashabiah, ruler overof half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
3:18	After him their fellow Levites made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler overof half the district of Keilah.
3:19	Next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler overof Mizpah, made repairs to another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.
3:20	After him Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the Angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest Eliashib.
3:25	Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace of the king, by the courtyard of the guard. Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh,
3:31	Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs to the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upperupstairs room ofon the corner.
3:32	The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upperupstairs room ofon the corner and the Sheep Gate.
4:2	before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
4:5	Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from Youryour sight, because they have provokedangered the builders.
4:11	And our enemies said, “They won’t knowrealize orit see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”
4:18	Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeterone who sounded the ram’s horn was beside me.
4:19	Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people:, “The work is enormous and spread out, and we are separated far from one another along the wall.
4:20	Wherever you hear the trumpetsound soundof the ram’s horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
4:23	And I, my brothers, my menservants, and the guardsmen of the guard with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.
5:10	Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let’s us stop charging this interest.
5:11	Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olivefresh oil that you have been assessing them.”
5:12	They responded:, “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.
5:14	Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah — from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, 12twelve years  — I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.
5:15	The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine from them, as well as a pound of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but I didn’t do this, because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
5:16	Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of thethis wall, and all my subordinates were gathered there for the work. We didn’t buy any land.
5:18	Each day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every 10ten days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
6:1	When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gap was left in it  — though at that time I had not installed the doors in the city gates  —
6:2	Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” ButThey they were planning to harm me.
6:3	So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing aimportant great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
6:6	In it was written: It is reported among the nations — and Geshem agrees — that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king
6:7	and have even set up the prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf:, “There is a king in Judah.” These rumors will be heard by the king. So come, let’s confer together.
6:9	For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will becomedrop discouragedtheir inhands from the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen memy hands.
6:10	I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said: Let’s us meet at the house of God, inside the temple. Let’s us shut the temple doors because they’re are coming to kill you. They’re are coming to kill you tonight!
6:11	But I said, “Should a man like me run away? How can Isomeone like me enter the temple and live? I will not go.”
6:14	My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess Noadiah and the other prophets who wanted to intimidate me.
6:15	The wall was completed in 52fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.
7:7	They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included:
7:25	Gibeon’ssdescendants descendants 95
7:26	Bethlehem’ssand and Netophah’ssmen men 188
7:27	Anathoth’ssmen men 128
7:37	Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 721
7:39	The priests included: Jedaiah’ssdescendants descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
7:43	The Levites included: Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah’s descendants 74.
7:44	The singers included: Asaph’s descendants 148.
7:45	The gatekeepers included: Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants 138.
7:46	The temple servants included: Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,
7:57	The descendants of Solomon’s servants included: Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants, Perida’s descendants,
7:61	The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and ancestorstheir lineage were Israelite:
7:63	and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and waswho calledbore by their name.
7:67	not including their 7,337 male and female slavesservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
7:70	Some of the family leadersheads gavecontributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.
7:71	Some of the family leadersheads gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.
7:73	SoThe the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,
8:1	all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel.
8:2	On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.
8:4	EzraThe the scribe Ezra stood on a high wooden platform made for this purpose. Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah stood beside him on his right; to his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
8:6	Ezra praisedblessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowedknelt downlow and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
8:10	Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strongholdstrength.”
8:11	And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. DoDon’t not grieve.”
8:13	On the second day, the family leadersheads of all the people, along with the priests and Levites, assembled before Ezra the scribe Ezra to study the words of the law.
8:14	They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should dwell in boothsshelters during the festival of the seventh month.
8:15	So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make boothsshelters, just as it is written.”
8:16	The people went out, brought back branches, and made boothsshelters for themselves on each of their rooftops, and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate, and the square by the Ephraim Gate of Ephraim.
8:17	The whole community that had returned from exile made boothsshelters and lived in them. TheyThe Israelites had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. And there was tremendous joy.
8:18	Ezra read out of the book of the law of God every day, from the first day to the last. The Israelites celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day there was ana solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
9:2	Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the guiltiniquities of their fathersancestors.
9:5	Then the Levites — Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah  — said, “Stand up. PraiseBlessed Yahwehbe the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting.” PraiseBlessed Yourbe your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
9:6	You, aloneLord, are Yahwehthe only God. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their hoststars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and all the heavenlystars hostof worshipsheaven Youworship you.
9:7	You, arethe YahwehLord, are the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and changed his name to Abraham.
9:8	You found his heart faithful in Youryour sight, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, HittitesHethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites — to give it to his descendants. You have keptfulfilled Youryour promise, for Youyou are righteous.
9:10	You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for Youyou knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors. You made a name for Yourselfyourself that endures to this day.
9:11	You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into churningraging waterswater.
9:14	You revealed Youryour holy Sabbath to them, and gave them commands, statutes, and instruction through Youryour servant Moses.
9:15	You provided bread from heaven for their hunger; Youyou brought them water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and possess the land Youyou had sworn to give them.
9:16	But our ancestors acted arrogantly; they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Youryour commands.
9:17	They refused to listen and did not remember Youryour wonders Youyou performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But Youyou are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and richabounding in faithful love, and Youyou did not abandon them.
9:18	Even after they had cast an image of a calf for themselves and said, “This is your Godgod who brought you out of Egypt,” and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
9:19	Youyou did not abandon them in the wilderness because of Youryour great compassion. During the day the pillar of cloud never turned away from them, guiding them on their journey. And during the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
9:20	You sent Youryour good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Youryour manna from their mouths, and Youyou gave them water for their thirst.
9:21	You provided for them in the wilderness 40forty years, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
9:22	You gave them kingdoms and peoples and assignedestablished themboundaries tofor be a boundarythem. They took possession of the land of King Sihon king of Heshbon and of the land of King Og king of Bashan.
9:23	You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaventhe sky and brought them to the land Youyou told their ancestors to go in and takepossess. possession of it.
9:25	They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took possession of well-supplied houses, cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate, were filled, became prosperous, and delighted in Youryour great goodness.
9:26	But they were disobedient and rebelled against Youyou. They flung Youryour law behind their backs and killed Youryour prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to Youyou. They committed terrible blasphemies.
9:27	So Youyou handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. In their time of distress, they cried out to Youyou, and Youyou heard from heaven. In Youryour abundant compassion Youyou gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the power of their enemies.
9:28	But as soon as they had relief, they again did what was evil in Youryour sight. So Youyou abandoned them to the power of their enemies, who dominated them. When they cried out to Youyou again, Youyou heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Youryour compassion.
9:29	You warned them to turn back to Youryour law, but they acted arrogantly and would not obey Youryour commands. They sinned against Youryour ordinances, which a person will live by if he does them. They stubbornly resisted, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
9:30	You were patient with them for many years, and Youryour Spirit warned them through Youryour prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, Youyou handed them over to the surrounding peoples.
9:31	However, in Youryour abundant compassion, Youyou did not destroy them or abandon them, for Youyou are a gracious and compassionate God.
9:32	So now, our God — the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God who keeps Hishis gracious covenant  — do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us, our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Youryour people, from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.
9:33	You are righteous concerning all that has comehappened onto us, because Youyou have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
9:34	Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Youryour law or listen to Youryour commands and warnings Youyou gave them.
9:35	When they were in their kingdom, with Youryour abundant goodness that Youyou gave them, and in the spacious and fertile land Youyou set before them, they would not serve Youyou or turn from their wicked ways.
9:36	Here we are today, slaves in the land Youyou gave our ancestors so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness. Here we are — slaves in it!
9:37	Its abundant harvest goes to the kings Youyou have set over us, because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
10:1	Those whose seals were on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
10:9	The Levites were: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10:14	The leadersheads of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
10:28	The rest of the people — the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God —
10:29	join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to obey carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahwehthe Lord our Lord.
10:34	We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral housesfamilies at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.
10:37	We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
10:38	A priest offrom AaronicAaron’s descentdescendants mustis to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites mustare to take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
10:39	For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and fresh oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.
11:2	The people praisedblessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
11:3	These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns  — the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants  —
11:13	and his relatives, the leadersheads of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
11:16	and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leadersheads of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
11:17	Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the leaderone who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
11:19	The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the city gates: 172.
11:25	As for the farming settlements with their fields: Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, Dibon and itstheir surrounding villages, and Jekabzeel and its villagessettlements;
11:27	Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba and its surrounding villages;
11:28	in Ziklag and Meconah and its surrounding villages;
11:30	Zanoah and Adullam with their villagessettlements; in Lachish with its fields and Azekah and its surrounding villages. So they settled from Beer-sheba to theHinnom Valley. of Hinnom.
11:31	Benjamin’s descendants: from Geba, Michmash, Aija, and Bethel— and its surrounding villages,
11:35	Lod, and Ono, thein Craftsmen’s Valley. of Craftsmen.
12:7	Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leadersheads of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.
12:8	The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah  — he and his relatives were in charge of the songs of praise. songs.
12:12	In the days of Joiakim, the leadersheads of the priestly families were: Meraiah of Seraiah, Hananiah of Jeremiah,
12:22	In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the leadersheads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled.
12:23	Levi’s descendants, the leadersfamily of familiesheads, were recorded in the Book of the Historical RecordsEvents during the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
12:24	The leadersheads of the Levites — Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them — gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.
12:25	This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the city gates.
12:28	The singers gathered from the region around Jerusalem, from the villagessettlements of the Netophathites,
12:29	from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villagessettlements for themselves around Jerusalem.
12:30	After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the city gates, and the wall.
12:36	as well as his relatives — Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe went in front of them.
12:39	above the Ephraim Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
12:46	For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leadersheads of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
12:47	So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for theAaron’s descendants of Aaron.
13:4	Now before this, Eliashib the priest Eliashib had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was a relative of Tobiah
13:5	and had prepared a large room for him where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, and the tenths of grain, new wine, and fresh oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
13:11	Therefore, I rebuked the officials, sayingasking, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.
13:12	Then all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and fresh oil into the storehouses.
13:13	I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest Shelemiah, Zadok the scribe Zadok, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for the distribution to their colleagues.
13:15	At that time I saw people in Judah treading winewinepresses presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
13:17	I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them:, “What is this evil you are doing — profaning the Sabbath day?
13:18	Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling Hishis anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
13:19	When shadows began to fall on the city gates of Jerusalem just before the Sabbath, I gave orders that the city gates be closed and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my men at the gates, so that no goods could enter during the Sabbath day.
13:22	Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the city gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and look on me with compassion inaccording keepingto withthe Yourabundance abundant,of your faithful love.
13:25	I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said:, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!
13:26	Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.
13:28	Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest Eliashib, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.