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Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts. <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us. <a href="/esv/nehemiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a> if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year’s produce and the exacting of every debt. <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day; and we will forgo the crops of the seventh year and every debt. <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not receive from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/amp/nehemiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> As for the peoples of the land who bring merchandise or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we will give up raising crops during the seventh year [leaving the land uncultivated], and forgive every debt. <a href="/csb/nehemiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt. <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt. <a href="/asv/nehemiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/nehemiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We won't buy goods or grain on the Sabbath or on any other sacred day, not even from foreigners. Every seven years we will let our fields rest, and we will cancel all debts. <a href="/erv/nehemiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> and if the peoples of the land bring ware or any victuals 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 forgo the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> If the inhabitants of the land bring merchandise or grain to sell on the day of worship, we won't buy anything from them on the day of worship or any other holy day. During the seventh year, we won't plant the fields or collect any debts. <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> If foreigners bring grain or anything else to sell to us on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will not buy from them. Every seventh year we will not farm the land, and we will cancel all debts. <a href="/isv/nehemiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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." <a href="/msb/nehemiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/nehemiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a> We will not buy on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/nehemiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we do not receive of them on the Sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand. <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand. <a href="/slt/nehemiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the people of the land bringing wares and all grain in the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take from them in the Sabbath and in the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the debt of every hand.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if the people of the land bring in things to sell, or any things for use, to sell them on the sabbath day, that we would not buy them of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day. And that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every hand. <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> also that, if the people of the land carry in goods for sale or any useful things, so that they might sell them on the day of the Sabbath, that we would not buy them on the Sabbath, nor on a sanctified day, and that we would release the seventh year and the collection of debt from every hand. <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a> When the local inhabitants bring in merchandise or any kind of grain for sale on the sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on any other holy day. In the seventh year we will forgo the produce, and forgive every kind of debt. <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and if the peoples of the land bring in merchandise or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy it from them on the sabbath or on a holy day; and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if the people of the land should bring wares or provisions on the sabbath day to sell, we would not buy it of them, and whosoever should engage his animal in service on the sabbath day, he would not receive hire, nor should he carry a burden on the sabbath day because it is holy; and in the seventh year we would forego all debts due to us. <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And we will not take from the Gentiles of the Earth what they bring, and everyone who hires a beast on the day of the Sabbath shall receive no wage, and he shall not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, because it is holy, and we shall forgive everything which is owed to us, and in the seventh year we shall forgive.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and if the peoples of the land bring ware or any victuals 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. <a href="/sep/nehemiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And as for the people of the land who bring wares and all manner of merchandise to sell on the sabbath-day, we will not buy of them on the sabbath or on the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2936" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/10.htm">The Vows of the Covenant</a> …30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons. 31<a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">When the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ham·ḇî·’îm (Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4728.htm" title="4728: ham·maq·qā·ḥō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Ware (an article of merchandise). From laqach; something received, i.e. Merchandise.">merchandise</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">or any</a> <a href="/hebrew/7668.htm" title="7668: še·ḇer (N-ms) -- Corn, grain. The same as sheber; grain.">kind of grain</a> <a href="/hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376: lim·kō·wr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To sell. A primitive root; to sell, literally, or figuratively.">to sell</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: haš·šab·bāṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">on the Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">we will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: niq·qaḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">buy</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">from them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: baš·šab·bāṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">on a Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">or holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇə·yō·wm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">Every seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: haš·šā·nāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: wə·niṭ·ṭōš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">we will let the fields lie fallow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and will cancel every</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/4855.htm" title="4855: ū·maš·šā (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Lending on interest, usury. From nashah; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt.">debt.</a> 32We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-10</a> Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-14</a> Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / 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, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4-7</a> But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. / You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest. / Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you, ... <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a> If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-22</a> 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. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a> asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10-11</a> For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12</a> I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. <a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a> At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. / When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... <a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a> One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. / But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. <a href="/romans/14-5.htm">Romans 14:5-6</a> One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. / He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a> There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the people.<a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a> In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals… <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10</a> But 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 manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:<a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3</a> Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.on the holy day.<a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16</a> And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.<a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Leviticus 16:29</a> And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:<a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Leviticus 23:21,35,36</a> And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations… and that we.<a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10,11</a> And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: … <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4-7</a> But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard… <a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a> To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.the exaction.<a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">Nehemiah 5:1-13</a> And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews… <a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-3,7-9</a> At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release… <a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Matthew 6:12</a> And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.debt.<a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6</a> Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-16.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Debt</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Exaction</a> <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Forego</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-30.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Sell</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-11.htm">Victuals</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Ware</a> <a href="/ezra/1-6.htm">Wares</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/17-16.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Debt</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Exaction</a> <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Forego</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-39.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-6.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-24.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/psalms/44-12.htm">Sell</a> <a href="/esther/1-10.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Victuals</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm">Ware</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm">Wares</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 10</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/10-1.htm">The names of those who sealed the covenant.</a> 29. <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">The points of the covenant.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day This phrase highlights the commitment of the Israelites to observe the Sabbath, a commandment rooted in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>). The "people of the land" refers to non-Israelites living in or around Judah, who did not observe the Sabbath. The Israelites' refusal to engage in commerce on the Sabbath underscores their dedication to keeping it holy, as prescribed in the Mosaic Law. This practice set them apart from surrounding nations and emphasized their covenant relationship with God. The Sabbath was a sign of the covenant (<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13</a>), and observing it was a way to honor God and trust in His provision.we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day This commitment reflects the broader principle of rest and worship on the Sabbath, extending to all forms of economic activity. By refraining from buying, the Israelites demonstrated their reliance on God rather than on economic transactions. This practice also served as a witness to the surrounding nations of Israel's distinct identity and devotion to God. The mention of "holy day" includes other significant religious festivals, such as Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, which were also times of rest and spiritual reflection (Leviticus 23).Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow This practice is known as the Sabbatical year, commanded in <a href="/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25:1-7</a>. Allowing the land to rest every seventh year was an act of faith, trusting God to provide enough in the sixth year to sustain them through the seventh. It also had practical benefits, such as restoring soil fertility. This agricultural sabbath mirrored the weekly Sabbath, reinforcing the rhythm of work and rest established by God. It was a reminder of God's sovereignty over the land and His provision for His people.and will cancel every debt The cancellation of debts every seventh year is part of the broader social and economic laws found in <a href="/deuteronomy/15.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-11</a>. This practice was designed to prevent the accumulation of debt and the oppression of the poor, promoting social equality and compassion. It reflects God's concern for justice and mercy, ensuring that the community lived in harmony and that no one was permanently impoverished. This principle foreshadows the ultimate forgiveness of debts through Christ, who cancels the debt of sin for believers (<a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> A Jewish leader who played a crucial role in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and reforming the community after the Babylonian exile. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of God who are recommitting to the covenant and making specific pledges to follow God's laws. 3. <a href="/topical/n/neighboring_peoples.htm">Neighboring Peoples</a> Non-Israelite traders who would bring goods to sell to the Israelites, even on the Sabbath. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath_day.htm">Sabbath Day</a> A holy day of rest instituted by God, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening, as a sign of the covenant between God and Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/s/seventh_year.htm">Seventh Year (Sabbatical Year)</a> A year of rest for the land, where no agricultural work was to be done, and debts were to be forgiven, as commanded in the Law of Moses.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/honoring_the_sabbath.htm">Honoring the Sabbath</a> The commitment to not buy or sell on the Sabbath underscores the importance of setting aside time for rest and worship, prioritizing spiritual over economic gain. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> Observing the Sabbatical year and canceling debts requires faith in God's provision, teaching us to rely on Him rather than our own efforts. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_covenant.htm">Community and Covenant</a> The collective commitment of the Israelites to these practices highlights the importance of community accountability in spiritual growth and obedience. <a href="/topical/e/economic_justice_and_mercy.htm">Economic Justice and Mercy</a> The cancellation of debts every seven years reflects God's heart for justice and mercy, encouraging us to practice forgiveness and generosity in our financial dealings. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_distinctiveness.htm">Cultural Distinctiveness</a> By adhering to these practices, the Israelites maintained their distinct identity as God's people, reminding us of the call to live counter-culturally in obedience to God's Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 10</a> <a href="/q/how_was_nehemiah_10_31's_sabbath_feasible.htm">How can Nehemiah 10:31’s strict Sabbath regulations be feasible, given the economic and agricultural demands of that era? </a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israel_observing_jubilee.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence showing that ancient Israel consistently observed the Year of Jubilee (Lev 25)? </a> <a href="/q/is_exodus_23_10-11_sabbatical_rest_proven.htm">Does the sabbatical land rest of Exodus 23:10-11 have any archaeological or historical substantiation of its widespread observance?</a> <a href="/q/why_execute_sabbath_workers_if_god_is_merciful.htm">If God is merciful, why does He command the execution of people who work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) Or on the holy day.--On the great festivals, equally with the Sabbath days of rest.Leave the seventh year.--The Sabbatical year naturally follows; in it the ground should be left untilled.The exaction of every debt.--The "Lord's release" of the seventh year (<a href="/deuteronomy/15-2.htm" title="And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends ought to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.">Deuteronomy 15:2</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - If the people of the land bring ware ... on the sabbath. If the heathen of this region will insist on bringing their wares into our cities and offering them for immediate sale on the sabbath, we Jews bind ourselves not to deal with them on that day. Subsequently, Nehemiah carried out more stringent regulations (<a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a>). Or on the holy day. Rather, "or on a holy day." The people bind themselves to abstain from trade not only on the sabbath, but on any holy day. That we would leave the seventh year. By "leaving the seventh year," leaving the lands untilled every seventh or sabbatical year is meant. This precept of the law had been frequently neglected during the times of the monarchy, and its neglect was one of the sins which the captivity was expressly intended to punish (<a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a>). It now appears that after the return the precept had been again disobeyed. The exaction of every debt. Literally, "the pledge of every hand." Compare <a href="/nehemiah/5-2.htm">Nehemiah 5:2-13</a>, and note that, notwithstanding Nehemiah's curse and the people's assent to it (ver. 13), the practice of lending upon pledge had recommenced. <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When the people וְעַמֵּ֣י (wə·‘am·mê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land הָאָ֡רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land bring הַֽמְבִיאִים֩ (ham·ḇî·’îm) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go merchandise הַמַּקָּח֨וֹת (ham·maq·qā·ḥō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4728.htm">Strong's 4728: </a> Ware (an article of merchandise) or any וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every kind of grain שֶׁ֜בֶר (še·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7668.htm">Strong's 7668: </a> Corn, grain to sell לִמְכּ֔וֹר (lim·kō·wr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> To sell on the Sabbath הַשַּׁבָּת֙ (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath day, בְּי֤וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day we will not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no buy נִקַּ֥ח (niq·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take from them מֵהֶ֛ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They on a Sabbath day בַּשַּׁבָּ֖ת (baš·šab·bāṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath or holy קֹ֑דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity day. וּבְי֣וֹם (ū·ḇə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day Every seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית (haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) year הַשָּׁנָ֥ה (haš·šā·nāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year we will let the fields lie fallow, וְנִטֹּ֛שׁ (wə·niṭ·ṭōš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon and will cancel every כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every debt. וּמַשָּׁ֥א (ū·maš·šā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4855.htm">Strong's 4855: </a> A loan, interest on a, debt <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-31.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 10:31 And if the peoples of the land (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/10-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>