Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 23:21
Source: Septuagint
21Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the Sabbath.
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19And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the Sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burdens on the Sabbath day.
20So all the merchants lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 23:21 —
22And I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of thy mercy.
23And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: