Nehemiah 10:31
10:31 We will not buy
1 on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan.
2
Nehemiah 10:33
10:33 for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God.
Nehemiah 11:1
The Population of Jerusalem
11:1 So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, 3 while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine 4 remained in other cities.
1 tn Heb “take.”
2 tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “nine of the hands.” The word “hand” is used here in the sense or a part or portion.