Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt." — Nehemiah 10:31 (ASV)
Bring ware ... on the sabbath day – Compare (Nehemiah 13:16), where this desecration of the Sabbath is shown to have commonly taken place.
Leave the seventh year ... – That is, “let the land rest in the sabbatical year” (margin reference) and give up the “pledge-taking” (Nehemiah 10:2–10).