Lexham English Bible

Nehemiah 10:27-32 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27. Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

28. “The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to observe the law of God—their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who know and understand—

29. are helping their brothers, their nobles, and entering into a solemn oath to walk in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all of the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and his judgments and regulations.

30. We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.

31. And the peoples of the land who bring merchandise and any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not accept it from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. We will forego the crops of the seventh year and cancel every debt.

32. “We put on ourselves the commandment upon us to yearly give a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: