Nehemiah 13:15-17

Contemporary English Version

The Sabbath

^15 (A) I also noticed what the people of Judah were doing on the Sabbath. Not only were they trampling grapes to make wine, but they were harvesting their grain, grapes, figs, and other crops, and then loading these on donkeys to sell in Jerusalem. So I warned them not to sell food on the Sabbath. ¹⁶ People who had moved to Jerusalem from the city of Tyre were bringing in fish and other things to sell there on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ I got angry and said to the leaders of Judah, “This evil you are doing is an insult to the Sabbath!