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King James Version (KJV)
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— D.L. Moody
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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Nehemiah 13:19 — KJV
Began to be dark. Heb. salal, “grow shadowy.” Since creation the Bible day has begun at sunset (see on Gen. 1:5). The special feasts were kept “from even to even” (Lev. 23:32), and the weekly Sabbath likewise (see on Mark 1:32). Hence Nehemiah ruled that the gates of the city were to be shut some time before the actual beginning of the Sabbath. In so doing he purposed to protect the “fringes” of the sacred hours of God’s holy Sabbath. It is a desecration of the spirit of the Sabbath to carry on secular pursuits to the last permissible moment.
Some of my servants. See chs. 4:16; 5:16.
No burden. It was probably permissible for people to come and go on legitimate Sabbath errands, but guards were set to prevent the transport of merchandise on the Sabbath.
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