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26 and others will come here from the nearby villages, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin,[a] from the hill country and the foothills to the west, and from the Southern Desert. They will bring sacrifices to please me and to give me thanks,[b] as well as offerings of grain and incense.

27 But if you keep on carrying things through the city gates on the Sabbath and keep treating it as any other day, I will set fire to these gates and burn down the whole city, including the fortresses.

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Footnotes

  1. 17.26 Judah and Benjamin: These two tribes made up the southern kingdom of Judah.
  2. 17.26 sacrifices to please me and to give me thanks: See the notes at 14.12.

26 People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev,(A) bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not obey(B) me to keep the Sabbath(C) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire(D) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”(E)

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