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Nehemiah 13:18

Nehemiah 13:18
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware,.... The Tyrians particularly, Neh 13:16 lodged without Jerusalem once…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 13:15-22

Here is another instance of that blessed reformation in which Nehemiah was so active. He revived sabbath-sanctification,…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

did not your fathers thus Cf. Jer 17:22-23; Jer 17:27, -but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers; but…