21 but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force[a] against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath. 22 Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves(A) and guard the city gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.(B)

Remember me for this also, my God,(C) and look on me with compassion according to the abundance of your faithful love.(D)

23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:21 Lit again, I will send a hand

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