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# General Information:
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In these verses, the people describe the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah 10:29](./28.md).
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# would not give our daughters to the people of the land or take their daughters for our sons
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This means that they would not allow their sons and daughters to marry them. AT: "would not give our daughters to marry the people of the land or take their daughters to marry our sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the people of the land
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This refers to the people who live in their land who do not worship Yahweh. AT: "the people of this land who do not worship Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# We promised ... we would not give ... we would not buy ... we will let ... we will cancel
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The pronoun "we" here includes Nehemiah and the Jewish people, but not the reader of this book. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# seventh year
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"year 7" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# we will let our fields rest
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This is an idiom. AT: "we will not plow our fields" or "we will not grow anything in our fields" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# we will cancel all debts contracted by other Jews
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"we will cancel all debts to other Jews" or "we will forgive all debts owned to us by other Jews"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sabbath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]] |