Nehemiah 10:31
Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 10
“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.”Nehemiah 10:31
What Does Nehemiah 10:31 Mean?
Nehemiah 10:31 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 10, verse 31 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Work & Rest.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Nehemiah 10:31 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Leviticus 23:3“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”Nehemiah 13:15“In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.”Exodus 23:10“And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:”Exodus 20:10“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:”Jeremiah 17:21“Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;”Colossians 2:16“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”Exodus 12:16“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”Leviticus 16:29“And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:”Leviticus 23:21“And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.”Leviticus 23:35“On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”Leviticus 25:1“And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,”Deuteronomy 5:12“Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.”Deuteronomy 15:1“At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.”Deuteronomy 15:7“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”2 Kings 4:1“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.”2 Chronicles 36:21“To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.”Nehemiah 5:1“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.”Nehemiah 5:12“Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.”Isaiah 58:6“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?”Isaiah 58:13“If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:”
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