Details of the Vow

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.(A)

31 When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day.(B) We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year(C) and will cancel every debt.(D)

32 We will impose the following commands on ourselves:

To give an eighth of an ounce of silver[a] yearly for the service of the house of our God:(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:32 Lit give one-third of a shekel

30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.(A)

31 “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath,(B) we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land(C) and will cancel all debts.(D)

32 “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel[a] each year for the service of the house of our God:

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:32 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams