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Nehemiah 10:31

Rest and sabbathIntegrity

29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

32 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

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BSB
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
KJV
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.
WEB
and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year crops and the exaction of every debt.
ASV
and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
DARBY
and that if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we would not take it of them on the sabbath, or on [any] holy day; and that we would leave [the land uncultivated] the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
BLB
And when the peoples of the land are bringing the wares and all kinds of grain on the day of the Sabbath to sell, we shall not receive [it] from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day, and we shall leave the seventh year, and interest [from] every hand.
ÅB
at vi, når de fremmede folk kom med sine varer og alle slags korn for å selge det på sabbaten, ikke skulle kjøpe det av dem på sabbaten eller noen annen helligdag, og at vi i det syvende år skulle la landet hvile og ettergi alle krav.
OTB
Når det gjelder folkene i landet som bringer varer eller korn på sabbatsdagen for å selge, vil vi ikke kjøpe fra dem på sabbaten eller på noen hellig dag; og vi vil gi avkall på avlingene det syvende året og hver gjeld.
B1930
at vi, når de fremmede folk kom med sine varer og alle slags korn for å selge det på sabbaten, ikke skulde kjøpe det av dem på sabbaten eller nogen annen helligdag, og at vi i det syvende år skulde la landet hvile og eftergi alle krav.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:15–22

    In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

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  • Leviticus 23:3

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 23:10–11

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

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  • Exodus 20:10

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

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  • Jeremiah 17:21–22

    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

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  • Deuteronomy 15:1–3

    At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

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  • Exodus 12:16

    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

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