Nehemiah 13:15

Nehemiah Begins Sabbath Reforms

¹⁴ Remember me for this, my God, and don’t erase the deeds of faithful love I have done for the house of my God and for its services. ¹⁵ At that time I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. ¹⁶ The Tyrians living there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

Bringing in Sheaves

In Those Days

On that Day

On the Sabbath

Sabbath Day

Same Day

Jerusalem

Judah

Nehemiah 10:31

When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.

Exodus 34:21

“You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.

Nehemiah 13:21

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.

Exodus 20:8-11

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy:

Jeremiah 17:21-22

This is what the Lord says: Watch yourselves; do not pick up a load and bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

Exodus 35:2

For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

Numbers 15:32-36

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12-14

Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 8:19

If you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will perish.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;

Jeremiah 17:24

“However, if you listen to Me, says the Lord, and do not bring loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day and consecrate the Sabbath day and do no work on it,

Jeremiah 17:27

If you do not listen to Me to consecrate the Sabbath day by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, I will set fire to its gates, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem and not be extinguished.”

Ezekiel 20:13

“But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them to turn back to Your law,
but they acted arrogantly
and would not obey Your commands.
They sinned against Your ordinances,
which a person will live by if he does them.
They stubbornly resisted,
stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Revelation 22:18-19

I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.

2 Chronicles 24:19

Nevertheless, He sent them prophets to bring them back to the Lord; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.

Psalm 50:7

“Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.

Jeremiah 42:19

The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!

Micah 6:3

My people, what have I done to you,
or how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me!

Acts 2:40

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

Acts 20:21

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Galatians 5:3

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.

Ephesians 4:17

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

This means one must not transgress against and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.