Nehemiah 5:18
5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.
Nehemiah 10:31
10:31 We will not buy 1 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. 2
1 tn Heb “take.”
2 tn Heb “debt of every hand,” an idiom referring to the hand that holds legally binding contractual agreements.