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Nehemiah 10:29-31
Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 10:29-31
Christian Standard Bible
29 join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[a](A) to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses(B) and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.
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30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.(C)
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.(D) We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year(E) and will cancel every debt.(F)
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- 10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath
Nehemiah 10:29-31
New International Version
Nehemiah 10:29-31
New International Version
29 all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath(A) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.
30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.(B)
31 “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath,(C) we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land(D) and will cancel all debts.(E)
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