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Nehemiah 5:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 5:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
5 1 The people are oppressed and in necessity. 6 Nehemiah remedieth it. 14 He took not the portion of others that had ruled before, lest he should grieve the people.
1 Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives [a]against their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters are many, therefore we take up [b]corn, that we may eat and live.
3 And there were that said, We must gage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and take up corn for the famine.
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- Nehemiah 5:1 Against the rich which oppressed them.
- Nehemiah 5:2 This is the complaint of the people, showing to what extremity they were brought unto.
Nehemiah 5:1-3
New International Version
Nehemiah 5:1-3
New International Version
Nehemiah Helps the Poor
5 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”
3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields,(A) our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”(B)
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