Nehemiah 10:31

And if the people of the land should bring wares or any provisions on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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In The King James Version

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

In Context

30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exodus 34:16And thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.

Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation: ye shall do no work in it : it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 23:35On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work in it .

Deuteronomy 5:12Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

Deuteronomy 15:7If there shall be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD the God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother:

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 10:2-32

The Sealing of the Covenant. ( b. c. 444.) 1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah,… Read the whole commentary →

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