Nehemiah 13:19

Overview - Nehemiah 13
1	Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.
4	Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.
10	He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15	the violation of the sabbath;
23	and the marriages with the strange wives.

Nehemiah 13:19  (King James Version)
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.