Bible Cross References
the people
Nehemiah 13:15-22
15
At that time I saw people in Judah pressing juice from grapes on the Sabbath. Others were loading grain, wine, grapes, figs, and other things on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem; I warned them not to sell anything on the Sabbath.
16
Some people from the city of Tyre were living in Jerusalem, and they brought fish and all kinds of goods into the city to sell to our people on the Sabbath.
17
I reprimanded the Jewish leaders and told them, "Look at the evil you're doing! You're making the Sabbath unholy.
18
This is exactly why God punished your ancestors when he brought destruction on this city. And yet you insist on bringing more of God's anger down on Israel by profaning the Sabbath."
19
So I gave orders for the city gates to be shut at the beginning of every Sabbath, as soon as evening began to fall, and not to be opened again until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my men at the gates to make sure that nothing was brought into the city on the Sabbath.
20
Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls.
21
I warned them, "It's no use waiting out there for morning to come. If you try this again, I'll use force on you." From then on they did not come back on the Sabbath.
22
I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to go and guard the gates to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy. Remember me, O God, for this also, and spare me because of your great love.
Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work---neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country.
Leviticus 23:3
You have six days in which to do your work, but remember that the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest. On that day do not work, but gather for worship. The Sabbath belongs to the LORD, no matter where you live.
Deuteronomy 5:12-14
12
" 'Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, as I, the LORD your God, have commanded you.
13
You have six days in which to do your work,
14
but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work---neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. Your slaves must rest just as you do.
Isaiah 58:13
The LORD says, "If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honor it by not traveling, working, or talking idly on that day,
Isaiah 58:14
then you will find the joy that comes from serving me. I will make you honored all over the world, and you will enjoy the land I gave to your ancestor, Jacob. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 17:21
Tell them that if they love their lives, they must not carry any load on the Sabbath; they must not carry anything in through the gates of Jerusalem
Jeremiah 17:22
or carry anything out of their houses on the Sabbath. They must not work on the Sabbath; they must observe it as a sacred day, as I commanded their ancestors.
on the holy day
Exodus 12:16
On the first day and again on the seventh day you are to meet for worship. No work is to be done on those days, but you may prepare food.
Leviticus 16:29
The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.
Leviticus 23:21
On that day do none of your daily work, but gather for worship. Your descendants are to observe this regulation for all time to come, no matter where they live.
Leviticus 23:35
On the first of these days come together for worship and do none of your daily work.
Leviticus 23:36
Each day for seven days you shall present a food offering. On the eighth day come together again for worship and present a food offering. It is a day for worship, and you shall do no work.
Colossians 2:16
So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
and that we
Exodus 23:10
"For six years plant your land and gather in what it produces.
Exodus 23:11
But in the seventh year let it rest, and do not harvest anything that grows on it. The poor may eat what grows there, and the wild animals can have what is left. Do the same with your vineyards and your olive trees.
Leviticus 25:4-7
4
But the seventh year is to be a year of complete rest for the land, a year dedicated to the LORD. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards.
5
Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land.
6
Although the land has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living with you,
7
your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything that it produces may be eaten.
2 Chronicles 36:21
And so what the LORD had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed."
the exaction
Nehemiah 5:1-13
1
Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews.
2
Some said, "We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive."
3
Others said, "We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving."
4
Still others said, "We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.
5
We are of the same race as the other Jews. Aren't our children just as good as theirs? But we have to make slaves of our children. Some of our daughters have already been sold as slaves. We are helpless because our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us."
6
When I heard their complaints, I grew angry
7
and decided to act. I denounced the leaders and officials of the people and told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives!" I called a public assembly to deal with the problem
8
and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.
9
Then I said, "What you are doing is wrong! You ought to obey God and do what's right. Then you would not give our enemies, the Gentiles, any reason to ridicule us.
10
I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment.
11
Cancel all the debts they owe you---money or grain or wine or olive oil. And give them back their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses right now!"
12
The leaders replied, "We'll do as you say. We'll give the property back and not try to collect the debts." I called in the priests and made the leaders swear in front of them to keep the promise they had just made.
13
Then I took off the sash I was wearing around my waist and shook it out. "This is how God will shake any of you who don't keep your promise," I said. "God will take away your houses and everything you own, and will leave you with nothing." Everyone who was present said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. And the leaders kept their promise.
Deuteronomy 15:1-3
1
"At the end of every seventh year you are to cancel the debts of those who owe you money.
2
This is how it is to be done. Each of you who has lent money to any Israelite is to cancel the debt; you must not try to collect the money; the LORD himself has declared the debt canceled.
3
You may collect what a foreigner owes you, but you must not collect what any of your own people owe you.
Deuteronomy 15:7-9
7
"If in any of the towns in the land that the LORD your God is giving you there are Israelites in need, then do not be selfish and refuse to help them.
8
Instead, be generous and lend them as much as they need.
9
Do not refuse to lend them something, just because the year when debts are canceled is near. Do not let such an evil thought enter your mind. If you refuse to make the loan, they will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be held guilty.
Matthew 6:12
Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
Matthew 18:27-35
27
The king felt sorry for him, so he forgave him the debt and let him go.
28
"Then the man went out and met one of his fellow servants who owed him a few dollars. He grabbed him and started choking him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he said.
29
His fellow servant fell down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back!'
30
But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt.
31
When the other servants saw what had happened, they were very upset and went to the king and told him everything.
32
So he called the servant in. 'You worthless slave!' he said. 'I forgave you the whole amount you owed me, just because you asked me to.
33
You should have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you.'
34
The king was very angry, and he sent the servant to jail to be punished until he should pay back the whole amount."
35
And Jesus concluded, "That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
James 2:13
For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
debt
Isaiah 58:6
"The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.