尼希米记 13:19

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

所以在安息日的前一天，黃昏的陰影臨到耶路撒冷城門的時候，我就吩咐人把城門關閉；我又下令不許開門，直到安息日過了，我又派我的僕人在城門站崗，免得有人在安息日挑擔子進來。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
在 安 息 日 的 前 一 日 ， 耶 路 撒 冷 城 门 有 黑 影 的 时 候 ， 我 就 吩 咐 人 将 门 关 锁 ， 不 过 安 息 日 不 准 开 放 。 我 又 派 我 几 个 仆 人 管 理 城 门 ， 免 得 有 人 在 安 息 日 担 甚 麽 担 子 进 城 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ In those days I saw people in Judah working in the winepresses on the Sabbath day. They were bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys. And they were bringing loads of wine, grapes, and figs into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them about selling food on that day. ¹⁶ People from the city of Tyre who were living in Jerusalem brought in fish and other things and sold them there on the Sabbath day to the people of Judah. ¹⁷ I argued with the important men of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing? You are ruining the Sabbath day. ¹⁸ This is just what your ancestors did. So our God did terrible things to us and this city. Now you are making him even more angry at Israel by ruining the Sabbath day." ¹⁹ So I ordered that the doors be shut at sunset before the Sabbath and not be opened until the Sabbath was over. I put my servants at the gates so no load could come in on the Sabbath. ²⁰ Once or twice traders and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. ²¹ So I warned them, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do it again, I will force you away." After that, they did not come back on the Sabbath. ²² Then I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the city gates to make sure the Sabbath remained holy. Remember me, my God, for this. Have mercy on me because of your great love.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

began to be: Leviticus 23:22

I commanded: Nehemiah 7:3, Exodus 31:14-17, Jeremiah 17:19-22

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:5 - of shutting 1 Samuel 9:17 - reign over 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded Isaiah 60:11 - thy gates

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath,.... Or "were shaded" g; that is, as Jarchi interprets it, when the shadows of the eve of the sabbath were stretched out upon the gates; the sabbath did not begin till sun setting, and the stars appeared; but before that, as the sun was declining, the shadows through the houses in Jerusalem, and mountains about it, spread themselves over the gates: and when it was near dusk, and as soon as it was so,

I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath; until sun setting the next day:

and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should be burden brought in on the sabbath day; the porters being not to be trusted, being liable to be bribed and corrupted, which he knew his servants were not; and therefore, since it might be necessary on a few occasions to open the gates to let some persons in and out, and especially such who dwelt near, and came to worship, he placed his servants there, to take care that none were admitted that had any burdens upon them.

g צללו "obumbratae", Pagninus, Montanus; "obumbrarentur", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Rambachius "incidentibus umbris", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The gates were closed at the sunset of the day before the Sabbath; since the Sabbath was regarded as commencing on the previous evening.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. When the gates - began to be dark — After sunset on Friday evening he caused the gates to be shut, and kept them shut all the Sabbath; and, as he could not trust the ordinary officers, he set some of his own servants to watch the gates, that no person might enter for the purpose of traffic.