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Nehemiah 13:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Didn't God punish us and this city because our ancestors did these very same things? And here you are, about to make God furious again by disgracing the Sabbath!”

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Your clothes and jewellery will be torn off.

Once she started doing these things in Egypt, she never stopped. Men slept with her, and she was always ready for sex.

When you were living in Jerusalem and Judah, you followed the example of your ancestors in doing evil things, just like your kings and queens.

But if you keep on carrying things through the city gates on the Sabbath and keep treating it as any other day, I will set fire to these gates and burn down the whole city, including the fortresses.

Now you people of Reuben and Gad are doing the same thing and making the LORD even angrier.

I'll really get furious and punish you terribly for your sins!

Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins,

And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.

This disaster happened because you worshipped other gods and rebelled against the LORD by refusing to obey him or follow his laws and teachings.

Moses told the Israelites that the LORD had said: The Sabbath belongs to me. Now I command you and your descendants always to obey the laws of the Sabbath. By doing this, you will know that I have chosen you as my own.

Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

You say to yourselves, “How much longer before the end of the New Moon Festival? When will the Sabbath be over? Our wheat is ready, and we want to sell it now. We can't wait to cheat and charge high prices for the grain we sell. We will use dishonest scales




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