King James Version
Nehemiah 13:20 in the King James Version says “So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.”
Nehemiah 13:20 · KJV
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.
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. about: Heb. before
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. greatness: or, multitude
KJV Study — Public Domain
“lodged”
H3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
“and sellers”
H4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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