Nehemiah 10:30-32

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁰ We shall not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

³¹ And if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we shall not buy it on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we shall forego raising crops the seventh year [letting the land lie fallow] and the compulsory payment of every debt.^(A)

³² Also we pledge ourselves to pay yearly a third of a shekel for the service expenses of the house of our God [which are]: