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It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.
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Verse 19. At rest. People travelling no longer. Calmet.—Hebrew “shaded, or in the dark.” Before Friday night on, the sabbath commenced, and then the gates were shut. Bible.—On the. Hebrew “before the sabbath.” Menochius.
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