Verse 8
Nehemiah 5:8
New Living Translation
8
At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֹמְרָ֣/ה לָ/הֶ֗ם אֲנַ֣חְנוּ קָ֠נִינוּ אֶת אַחֵ֨י/נוּ הַ/יְּהוּדִ֜ים הַ/נִּמְכָּרִ֤ים לַ/גּוֹיִם֙ כְּ/דֵ֣י בָ֔/נוּ וְ/גַם אַתֶּ֛ם תִּמְכְּר֥וּ אֶת אֲחֵי/כֶ֖ם וְ/נִמְכְּרוּ לָ֑/נוּ וַֽ/יַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְ/לֹ֥א מָצְא֖וּ דָּבָֽר
English Translation
And I said to them, "We have bought our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations for our sake, and also you shall sell your brothers and they shall be sold to us." And they were silent and found nothing to say.
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Chapter 5 Context
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Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”
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And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
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