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30 “We will not give our daughters in marriage[a] to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons. 31 As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year.”

Commitments for Temple Service

32 We also obligated ourselves to contribute annually a third of a shekel[b] for services relating to the Temple of our God—

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:30 The Heb. lacks in marriage
  2. Nehemiah 10:32 I.e. 0.13 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces