Discovery BoxNehemiah 13:16 
Context13:16 The people from Tyre 1 who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places! 2
Nehemiah 13:18
Context13:18 Isn’t this the way your ancestors 3 acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!”
Nehemiah 13:21
Context13:21 But I warned them and said, 4 “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” 5 From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. 6
1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
2 tn The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem.
3 tn Heb “your fathers.”
4 tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”
6 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.
