Nehemiah 13:15-22 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading donkeys; as also wine, grapes… Consider — I. WE ALSO HAVE A SABBATH WHICH OUGHT TO BE OBSERVED. II. SOME OF THE PREVALENT ABUSES OF THE SABBATH. III. PRACTICAL REMEDIES. Nehemiah is here our pattern. 1. He took no part in the sin himself. 2. He made a public protest. 3. He promoted active measures for the suppression of Sabbath profanation. (J. Hambleton.) Parallel Verses KJV: In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. |
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