Néhémie 13:19

Darby's French Translation

Et il arriva que, lorsque les portes de Jérusalem commencèrent à être dans l'ombre, avant le sabbat, je commandai qu'on fermât les portes. Et je commandai qu'on ne les ouvrît point jusqu'après le sabbat; et je plaçai de mes jeunes hommes aux portes, afin qu'aucun fardeau ne fût introduit le jour du sabbat.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
C'est pourquoi, dès que le soleil s'était retiré des portes de Jérusalem, avant le sabbat, par mon commandement, on fermait les portes; je commandai aussi qu'on ne les ouvrît point jusqu'après le sabbat; et je fis tenir quelques-uns de mes gens aux portes, afin qu'il n'entrât aucune charge le jour du sabbat.

Louis Segond (1910)
Puis j'ordonnai qu'on fermât les portes de Jérusalem avant le sabbat, dès qu'elles seraient dans l'ombre, et qu'on ne les ouvrît qu'après le sabbat. Et je plaçai quelques-uns de mes serviteurs aux portes, pour empêcher l'entrée des fardeaux le jour du sabbat.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
C'est pourquoi dès que le soleil s'était retiré des portes de Jérusalem avant le Sabbat, on fermait les portes, par mon commandement. Je commandai aussi qu'on ne les ouvrît point jusqu'après le Sabbat; et je fis tenir quelques-uns de mes gens sur les portes, afin qu'il n'entrât aucune charge le jour du Sabbat.

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.