Nehemiah 13:21

Easy To Read Version

But I warned those businessmen and merchants. I said to them, “Don’t stay the night in front of the wall. If you do that again, I will arrest you.” So from that time on they didn’t come on the Sabbath {\cf2\super [90]} day to sell their things.

Cross References

Ezra 7:26

Any person that doesn’t obey the law of your God, or the law of the king, must be punished. Depending on the crime, they must be punished with death, or sent away to another country, or their property taken away, or put into prison.

Nehemiah 10:32

“We will accept the responsibility for obeying the commands to take care of God’s temple. {\cf2\super [61]} We will give 1/3 shekel {\cf2\super [62]} \{of silver\} each year to support the temple service to honor our God.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days in Judah, I saw people working on the Sabbath {\cf2\super [85]} day. I saw people pressing grapes to make wine. I saw people bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys. I saw people carrying grapes, figs, and all kinds of things in the city. They were bringing all these things into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them about this. I told them they must not sell food on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:20

One or two times businessmen and merchants {\cf2\super [89]} had to stay the night outside Jerusalem.

1 Peter 2:14

And obey the leaders who are sent by the king. They are sent to punish people who do wrong and to praise those people who do good.