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30 Our daughters will not be married to the sons of any of our foreign neighbors. We will not allow our sons to marry their daughters.

31 If any of our foreign neighbors come to sell their goods, their grain, or their produce on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them then or on any holy day.

Every seven years, every Jew everywhere will allow the land to rest for one year. We will not work on it; we will not make it work. We will also cancel all outstanding debts, freeing any Israelite who has become enslaved to a creditor.

32 We are committing to tax ourselves as well. Every year each man will pay eight ounces of silver to care for God’s temple.

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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