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Nehemiah 5:6-13

6AndIwasveryH3966angryH2734whenכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.SherH834IheardH8085theircryH2201andthesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697.

7AndIconsultedwithmyself;andIremonstratedwiththenoblesandtherulers,andsaidH559tothem, Ye exactusuryמַשָּׁ֥אma.Sha'H4855,everyoneH376ofhisbrotherבְּאָחִ֖יוbe.'a.ChivH251!AndIsetH5414agreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419assemblyקְהִלָּ֥הke.hi.LahH6952againstthem.

8AndIsaidH559tothem,We,accordingtoourability,haveredeemedourbrethrentheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,whoweresoldH4376tothenationsלַגּוֹיִם֙la.go.YimH1471;andwillyeevensellH4376yourbrethren?orshalltheybesoldH4376untous?Andtheyweresilentוַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּvai.ya.cha.Ri.shuH2790andfoundH4672noanswer.

9AndIsaidH559,Thethingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697thatyedoisnotgoodט֥וֹבTovH2896. Ought yenottowalkinthefearבְּיִרְאַ֤תbe.yir.'AtH3374ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,soasnottobethereproachמֵחֶרְפַּ֖תme.cher.PatH2781ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471ourenemiesאוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃'oy.Vei.nuH341?

10Ialsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571,mybrethrenandmyservantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288,wemight exactusuryהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855ofthem,moneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701andcorn.Iprayyou,letusleaveH5800offthisusuryH4855.

11RestoreH7725,Iprayyou,tothemthisverydayכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117theirfieldsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704,theirvineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754,theirolive-gardens,andtheirhousesH1004,alsothehundredth[part]ofthemoneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701,andofthecorn,thewineהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,thatyehaveexactedofthem.

12AndtheysaidH559,WewillrestoreH7725[them],andwillrequireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁne.va.KeshH1245nothingofthem;soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651willwedo,asthou hastsaidH559.AndIcalledH7121thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548,andtookanoathוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650ofthem,thattheyshoulddoaccordingtothispromise.

13Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571IshookH5287mylap,andsaidH559,SoGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֟יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shakeH5287outeverymanH376fromhishouseמִבֵּיתוֹ֙mi.bei.ToH1004andfromhisearnings,thatperformethnotthispromise:eventhusH3602beיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961heshakenH5287outandemptiedוָרֵ֑קva.RekH7386!AndallthecongregationsaidH559,Amenאָמֵ֗ן'a.MenH543!AndtheypraisedH1984Jehovah.Andthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971didaccordingtothispromise.

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