Nehemia 10:28

10:28 “Now the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples ¹  because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –

Nehemia 10:31

10:31 We will not buy ²  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. ³ 

[10:28]  ¹ tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.

[10:31]  ² tn Heb “take.”

[10:31]  ³ tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.