Then I warnedthem and saidto them, "Whydo you spendthe nightin frontof the wall?Ifyou doso again,I will useforceagainst you." From that timeon they did not comeon the sabbath.
"Whoeverwill not observethe lawof your Godand the lawof the king,let judgmentbe executedupon him strictly,whetherfor deathorfor banishmentorfor confiscationof goodsor for imprisonment."
We also placedourselves underobligationto contributeyearlyone thirdof a shekelfor the serviceof the houseof our God:
In thosedaysI sawin Judahsome who were treadingwinepresseson the sabbath,and bringingin sacksof grainand loading[them] on donkeys,as wellas wine,grapes,figsand allkinds of loads,and they brought[them] into Jerusalemon the sabbathday.So I admonished[them] on the daythey soldfood.
Onceor twicethe tradersand merchantsof everykind of merchandisespentthe nightoutsideJerusalem.
orto governorsas sentby him for the punishmentof evildoersand the praiseof those who do right.
