on the sabbath. Compare Neh_9:14; Neh_13:15, Neh_13:16, Neh_13:18, Neh_13:19, Neh_13:21. This observation of the sabbath ensured the reading of God's Word, and the multiplication of copies.
holy. See note on Exo_3:5.
leave, &c.: i.e. forego the produce of the seventh year.
the seventh year. See Exo_23:10, Exo_23:11. Lev_25:2, Lev_25:7.
the exaction of every debt. Hebrew = the burden of every bond. Compare Neh_5:10, Neh_5:11, and Deu_15:2; especially in the year of release.