Reference

Nehemiah 10:31

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.
29

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

30

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

31

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.

32

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

33

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

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Seventh-Day Sabbath
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Sabbath Commandment
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Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth
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Seventh-Day Sabbath

While the verse mentions "the sabbath day," it does not explicitly define or describe it as the seventh day of the week, nor does it focus on the concept of rest.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse describes a commitment made by the people regarding their actions on the Sabbath, but it does not explicitly state that the Sabbath itself is a commandment or part of the law.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

The verse primarily addresses the cessation of buying and selling on the Sabbath and holy days, and the leaving of debts in the seventh year, rather than explicitly mandating a rest for the land itself through fallow fields or jubilee returns.