Nehemiah 13:21

13:21 But I warned them and said, 1  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” 2  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. 3 

1 tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.

2 tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”

3 sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.