Nehemiah 10:30-32

Common English Bible

³⁰ We won’t give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, nor take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

³¹ If the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we won’t buy it from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day.

Every seventh year we won’t plant crops, and we will return anything held in debt.

³² We pledge ourselves to keep the commandment and pay one-third of a shekel each year for the service of our God’s house,