NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON Nehemiah 10:31 The Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12) was a key marker of Israel’s identity. Trading with surrounding peoples on the Sabbath must have been a temptation (see Nehemiah 13:16). crops of the seventh year. The Sabbath idea extended to the seventh year, when normal cultivation was prohibited (Leviticus 25:2).

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