Nehemiah 13:13-15
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13 I gave Shelemiah the priest, Zadok, the student of God's Law, and Pedaiah, a Levite, authority to take care of the rooms. Hanan, son of Zaccur and Mattaniah's grandson, helped them. People knew that these men were faithful workers. They had authority to give out the offerings to the other workers who served God.
14 Please remember what I have done, my God. I have been faithful to take care of the temple of my God, so that people can worship you there.
15 In those days, I saw people in Judah who were working on Sabbath days.[a] They were making wine. They were bringing their grain from the fields. They were making their donkeys carry the grain, as well as wine, grapes, figs and other things. They were bringing all those things into Jerusalem when it was a Sabbath day. I warned them that they must not sell things on any Sabbath day.
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- 13:15 God had told Moses that the Israelites must not work on the Sabbath day. They must make it a special day to worship God. See Exodus 20:8-11.
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