Nehemiah 13:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

One or two times, traders and merchants had to stay the night outside Jerusalem.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

So this is what I did: Every Friday evening, just before dark, I commanded the gatekeepers to shut and lock the gates to Jerusalem. They were not to be opened until the Sabbath day was over. I put some of my own men at the gates. They were commanded to make sure that no load was brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:21

But I warned 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 day to sell their things.