Nehemiah 10:29-32
10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders
and enter into a curse and an oath
to adhere to
the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey
carefully all the commandments of the
LORD our Lord,
along with his ordinances and his statutes.
10:30 “We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.
10:31 We will not buy 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.
10:32 We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,