Nehemiah 13
15In those days I saw in Yehuḏah those treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Yerushalayim on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day they sold food.
16And men of Tsor dwelt there, bringing in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Yehuḏah, and in Yerushalayim.
17Then I contended with the nobles of Yehuḏah, and said to them, “What evil matter is this that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
18“Did not your fathers do the same so that our Elohim brought all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Yisra’ĕl by profaning the Sabbath.”
19And it came to be, at the gates of Yerushalayim, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20And the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares spent the night outside Yerushalayim once or twice,
21and I warned them, and said to them, “Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I lay hands on you!” From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.
Psalm 81
1Shout for joy to Elohim our strength; Raise a shout to the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.
2Lift up a song and beat the tambourine, The pleasant lyre and with the harp.
3Blow the ram’s horn at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our festival day.
4For this is a law for Yisra’ĕl, And a right-ruling of the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.
5He appointed it in Yehosĕph for a witness, When He went throughout the land of Mitsrayim; I heard a language that I did not know.
Okay, update on my site. The website is up and running again. The store is completely gone and may have been what caused the crash. I'll be switching to a new shopping cart software as quick as I can, and will reschedule a sale then. Thank you so much for your patience!
Oh, and my washing machine made some really hideous sounds today, so we'll be pulling out the washboard for a bit!
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