Nehemiah 10:31
“And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Also we made ordinance, for us,.... Laws among themselves, binding them to that which the laws of God did not:
to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Bring ware ... on the sabbath day - Compare Neh 13:16, where this desecration of the Sabbath is shown to have commonly…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Bring ware - We will most solemnly keep the Sabbath. Leave the seventh year - We will let the land have its Sabbath, and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 10:1-31
When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Ex. 24. But…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Prohibition of Traffic on the Sabbath; and Observance of Sabbatic Year
people R.V. peoples. -The peoples of the land…
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