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13 In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for (A)they were counted as faithful, and it was [a]their task to apportion everything to their [b]relatives. 14 (B)Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my lovingkindnesses which I have shown for the house of my God and its responsibilities.

Keep the Sabbath Day Holy

15 In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses (C)on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, (D)and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So (E)I testified against them on the day they sold food.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:13 Lit upon them
  2. Nehemiah 13:13 Lit brothers