Nehemiah 13:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ On one or two occasions the merchants and dealers in goods of all kinds spent the night outside Jerusalem, ²¹ until I warned them, saying: “Why are you spending the night in front of the city wall? If you ever do so again, I will not hesitate to lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath. ²² Then I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to act as guards at the gates, in order that the Sabbath day would be kept holy.

Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and have mercy on me in accordance with your great love and mercy.