Nehemiah 10:31

Context
10:31 We will not buy¹ 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 13:6

Context

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem,³ for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time⁴ I had requested leave of the king,

[10:31] ¹tn Heb “take.”

[10:31] ²tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.

[13:6] ³map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:6] ⁴tn Heb “to the end of days.”