Nehemiah 13:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke. And they shut the gates: and I commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day.

Cross References

Leviticus 23:32

It is a sabbath of rest, and you shell afflict your souls beginning on the ninth day of the month: from evening until evening you shall celebrate your sabbaths.

Nehemiah 7:3

And I said to them: Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by, the gates were shut, and barred: and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every mall over against his house.

Leviticus 23:22

And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the ears that remain. But you shall leave them for the poor and for the strangers. I am the Lord your God.

John 5:10

The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Nehemiah 13:20

So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.