Nehemiah 10:30-31

30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.

31 “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

Nehemiah 10:30-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 10

In this chapter we have the names of the persons that signed and sealed the covenant mentioned in the last chapter, Ne 10:1-27, and the things they agreed unto and promised to perform; in general to observe the law of God, in particular not to marry with the people of the land, to keep the sabbaths weekly and yearly, to pay annually the third part of the shekel for the service of the temple, to bring into it the wood offerings, first fruits, firstborn, and tithes, Ne 10:28-39.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3; Nehemiah 13:23
• 2. Nehemiah 13:16,18; Jeremiah 17:27; Ezekiel 23:38; Amos 8:5
• 3. S Exodus 23:11; Leviticus 25:1-7
• 4. S Deuteronomy 15:1