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)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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

Bible Gateway Recommends