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Nehemiah 13:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 13:20

Verse 20 of 31

Scripture focus

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Nehemiah 13:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 13:20

Theological / Devotional

Lodged without Jerusalem. Arriving on the Sabbath and finding the gates shut, the merchants waited outside and there probably carried on the trade they would otherwise have carried on within the city. The shutting of the gates therefore resulted simply in the transfer of trading from the market place inside the city to the outside of the gate. For two Sabbaths this practice was carried on. Then Nehemiah took notice of it, and halted it by threatening to arrest merchants again found near the city with their wares on the Sabbath (v. 21).

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