Nehemiah 13:19

New American Bible - revised edition

When the shadows were falling on the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed and prohibited their reopening until after the sabbath. I posted some of my own people at the gates so that no load might enter on the sabbath day.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:20

The merchants and sellers of various kinds of merchandise spent the night once or twice outside Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 7:3

I said to them: “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot, and while the sun is still shining they shall shut and bar the doors. Appoint as sentinels the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their watch posts, and others in front of their own houses.” Census of the Province.

Leviticus 23:22

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the Lord, am your God. New Year’s Day.

Leviticus 23:32

it is a sabbath of complete rest for you. You shall humble yourselves. Beginning on the evening of the ninth of the month, you shall keep your sabbath from evening to evening. The Feast of Booths.

John 5:10

So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.”