Neh 13:19 | NASB1995 | STEP | It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath , I commanded that the doors should be shut and that they should not open them until after the sabbath . Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day .

Nehemiah 13:19

19 ^aIt came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut ^{▼▼ Lit and commanded}and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.