Nehemiah 10:31-33
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
31 (A)We will not marry our daughters to the local inhabitants, and we will not accept their daughters for our sons.
32 (B)When the local inhabitants bring in merchandise or any kind of grain for sale on the sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on any other holy day. In the seventh year we will forgo the produce, and forgive every kind of debt.
33 (C)We impose these commandments on ourselves: to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God,
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