Nehemiah 5:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 And I said unto them, We (according to our ability) have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren again, or shall they be [a]sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and could not answer.
9 [b]I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, for the [c]reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10 For even I, my brethren, and my servants do lend them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this [d]burden.
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- Nehemiah 5:8 Seeing God hath once delivered them from the bondage of the heathen, shall we make them our slaves?
- Nehemiah 5:9 Meaning, Nehemiah.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Who by this occasion will blaspheme the Name of God, seeing that our acts are no better than theirs.
- Nehemiah 5:10 Or, usury.
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