Verse 5
Nehemiah 5:5
Free Bible Version
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I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are charging your own brothers interest!” So I called a large meeting to deal with them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה כִּ/בְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֨י/נוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔/נוּ כִּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֖ם בָּנֵ֑י/נוּ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה אֲנַ֣חְנוּ כֹ֠בְשִׁים אֶת בָּנֵ֨י/נוּ וְ/אֶת בְּנֹתֵ֜י/נוּ לַ/עֲבָדִ֗ים וְ/יֵ֨שׁ מִ/בְּנֹתֵ֤י/נוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין לְ/אֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔/נוּ וּ/שְׂדֹתֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/כְרָמֵ֖י/נוּ לַ/אֲחֵרִֽים
English Translation
And now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their children are our children, behold, we are enslaving our sons and our daughters, and there are among our daughters those who are being enslaved, and there is no power for us over our fields and our vineyards to another.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
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Others added, “We've had to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to buy food during the...
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Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.
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Even though we are the same people as our creditors and though our children are the same as their ch...
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5
I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are cha...
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There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to...
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“What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God (Elohim) s...
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I, as well as my brothers and my men have been have been lending the people money and food. Please,...
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Give them back right now their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the one perce...
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“We will give it back,” they replied, “and we won't demand anything more from them. We'll do as you...
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11
I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “This is how my God (Elohim) will shake you out of your h...
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12
In addition to this, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me as governor in the land of Judah, whi...
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13
But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver...
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14
I also made rebuilding the wall my top priority, and I assigned all my workers to help with that. We...
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15
I had 150 Jews and officials eating at my table, as well as visitors from nearby countries.
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Every day I paid for one ox, six good sheep, and poultry. Every ten days I paid for a large supply o...
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Please remember me positively, my God (Elohim), for all that I've done for this people.
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