29 The chief of them [a]received it for their brethren, and they came to the [b]curse and to the oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his statutes:

30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, neither take their daughters for our sons.

31 And if the people of the land brought ware on the Sabbath, or any vittles to sell, [c]that we would not take it of them on the Sabbath, and on the holy days: (A)and that we would let the seventh year be free, and the debts of every [d]person.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:29 They made the oath in the name of the whole multitude.
  2. Nehemiah 10:29 Whereunto they gave themselves if they brake the Law, as Deut. 28:15.
  3. Nehemiah 10:31 Which notwithstanding they brake soon after, as Neh. 13:15.
  4. Nehemiah 10:31 Hebrew, hand.

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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