Nehemiah 5
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Nehemiah 5:6-11

6Then I wasH2734 veryH3966 1angryH2734 whenH3512 I heardH8085 their outcryH2201 and theseH428 wordsH1697.

7So I thoughtH4427H3820 it overH4427 and contendedH7378 with the noblesH2715 and the leadingH5461 peopleH5461, and saidH559 to them, “2You are lendingH5377 at interestH4855, eachH376 to his brotherH251!” Therefore, I heldH5414 a greatH1419 assemblyH6952 againstH5921 them.

8And I saidH559 to them, “We, according to our abilityH1767, 3have 4redeemedH7069 our JewishH3064 brothersH251 who were soldH4376 to the nationsH1471; now would you evenH1571 sellH4376 your brothersH251 that they may be soldH4376 to us?” Then they wereH2790 silentH2790 and could not findH4672 a wordH1697 to say.

9So I saidH559, “The thingH1697 whichH834 you are doingH6213 is not goodH2896; should you not walkH1980 in the fearH3374 of our GodH430 becauseH4480 of 5the tauntingH2781 of the nationsH1471, our enemiesH340?

10And likewiseH1571 I, my brothersH251, and my servantsH5288 are lendingH5383 them moneyH3701 and grainH1715. PleaseH4994, let’s 6doH5800 withoutH5800 thisH2088 interestH4855.

11PleaseH4994, giveH7725 backH7725 to them this very dayH3117 their fieldsH7704, their vineyardsH3754, their oliveH2132 grovesH2132, and their housesH1004, as well as the hundredthH3967 part of the moneyH3701 and of the grainH1715, the newH8492 wineH8492, and the oilH3323 that you are chargingH5383 asH5383 interestH5383 from them.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Nehemiah 5:6 Ex 11:8 ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 5:7 Ex 22:25; Lev 25:36; Deut 23:19, 20 ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 5:8 Lev 25:48 ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 5:8 Lit purchased ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 5:9 Neh 4:4 ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 5:10 Lit abandon ↩

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