Verse 8
Nehemiah 5:8
American Standard Version
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And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
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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Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may ea...
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Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let...
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There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king`s tribute [upon] our fields and our v...
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Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring...
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And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye e...
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And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto...
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Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God (Elohim),...
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And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave...
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Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and th...
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Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou...
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Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house, and from his...
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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twen...
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But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread...
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Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were...
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Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those...
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Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared fo...
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Remember unto me, O my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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