Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
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Gill's Exposition
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod,.... Which they learned of their mothers, so that it was a mixed language they spoke, partly Jewish and partly Philistine; but some refer this not…
Barnes' Notes
The lodging of the merchants with their merchandise just outside Jerusalem during the Sabbath, marked their impatience for the moment when they might bring their wares in. This was thought by Nehemiah…
Adam Clarke
I will lay hands on you - I will imprison every man of you. This had the desired effect; they came no more.
Here is another instance of that blessed reformation in which Nehemiah was so active. He revived sabbath-sanctification, and maintained the authority of the fourth commandment; and a very good deed…
Cambridge Bible
Why lodge ye about the wall? R.V. marg. -Heb. before", LXX. ἀπέναντι, Vulg. -ex adverso." Nehemiah, in his capacity of governor, was able to put his foot down upon this evasion of his law. He…