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31 As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year.”

Commitments for Temple Service

32 We also obligated ourselves to contribute annually a third of a shekel[a] for services relating to the Temple of our God— 33 for the bread set out on the table,[b] for the daily grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moon festivals, for the appointed festivals, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the service of the Temple of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:32 I.e. 0.13 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
  2. Nehemiah 10:33 The Heb. lacks on the table