Neh 13:19 | NASB2020 | STEP | And it came about that just as it became dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath , I ordered that the doors be shut , and that they were not to 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 And ^ait came about that just as it became dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered that the doors be shut, ^{▼▼Lit and commanded}and that they were not to 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.