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Nehemiah 5

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And there was a greath1419 cryh6818 of the peopleh5971 and of their wivesh802 against their brethrenh251 the Jewsh3064.

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For there wereh3426 that saidh559h8802, We, our sonsh1121, and our daughtersh1323, are manyh7227: therefore we take uph3947h8799 cornh1715 for them , that we may eath398h8799, and liveh2421h8799.

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Some also there wereh3426 that saidh559h8802, We have mortgagedh6148h8802 our landsh7704, vineyardsh3754, and housesh1004, that we might buyh3947h8799 cornh1715, because of the dearthh7458.

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There wereh3426 also that saidh559h8802, We have borrowedh3867h8804 moneyh3701 for the king'sh4428 tributeh4060, and that upon our landsh7704 and vineyardsh3754.

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Yet now our fleshh1320 is as the fleshh1320 of our brethrenh251, our childrenh1121 as their childrenh1121: and, lo, we bring into bondageh3533h8802 our sonsh1121 and our daughtersh1323 to be servantsh5650, and some of our daughtersh1323 areh3426 brought unto bondageh3533h8737 already : neither is it in our powerh410h3027 to redeem them ; for other menh312 have our landsh7704 and vineyardsh3754.

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And I was veryh3966 angryh2734h8799 when I heardh8085h8804 their cryh2201 and these wordsh1697.

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Then I consultedh4427h8735 with myselfh3820, and I rebukedh7378h8799 the noblesh2715, and the rulersh5461, and saidh559h8799 unto them, Ye exacth5378h8801h8678h5383h8802h8675h5375h8802 usuryh4855, every oneh376 of his brotherh251. And I seth5414h8799 a greath1419 assemblyh6952 against them. I consulted...: Heb. my heart consulted in me

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And I saidh559h8799 unto them, We after our abilityh1767 have redeemedh7069h8804 our brethrenh251 the Jewsh3064, which were soldh4376h8737 unto the heathenh1471; and will ye even sellh4376h8799 your brethrenh251? or shall they be soldh4376h8738 unto us? Then held they their peaceh2790h8686, and foundh4672h8804 nothingh1697 to answer .

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Also I saidh559h8799, It is not goodh2896 thath1697 ye doh6213h8802: ought ye not to walkh3212h8799 in the fearh3374 of our Godh430 because of the reproachh2781 of the heathenh1471 our enemiesh341h8802?

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I likewise, and my brethrenh251, and my servantsh5288, might exacth5383h8802 of them moneyh3701 and cornh1715: I pray you, let us leave offh5800h8799 this usuryh4855.

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Restoreh7725h8685, I pray you, to them, even this dayh3117, their landsh7704, their vineyardsh3754, their oliveyardsh2132, and their housesh1004, also the hundredthh3967 part of the moneyh3701, and of the cornh1715, the wineh8492, and the oilh3323, that ye exacth5383h8802 of them.

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Then saidh559h8799 they, We will restoreh7725h8686 them , and will requireh1245h8762 nothing of them; so will we doh6213h8799 as thou sayesth559h8802. Then I calledh7121h8799 the priestsh3548, and took an oathh7650h8686 of them, that they should doh6213h8800 according to this promiseh1697.

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Also I shookh5287h8804 my laph2684, and saidh559h8799, So Godh430 shake outh5287h8762 every manh376 from his househ1004, and from his labourh3018, that performethh6965h8686 not this promiseh1697, even thus be he shaken outh5287h8803, and emptiedh7386. And all the congregationh6951 saidh559h8799, Amenh543, and praisedh1984h8762 the LORDh3068. And the peopleh5971 didh6213h8799 according to this promiseh1697. emptied: Heb. empty, or, void

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Moreover from the timeh3117 that I was appointedh6680h8765 to be their governorh6346 in the landh776 of Judahh3063, from the twentiethh6242 yearh8141 even unto the twoh8147 and thirtiethh7970 yearh8141 of Artaxerxesh783 the kingh4428, that is , twelveh8147h6240 yearsh8141, I and my brethrenh251 have not eatenh398h8804 the breadh3899 of the governorh6346.

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But the formerh7223 governorsh6346 that had been beforeh6440 me were chargeableh3513h8689 unto the peopleh5971, and had takenh3947h8799 of them breadh3899 and wineh3196, besideh310 fortyh705 shekelsh8255 of silverh3701; yea, evenh1571 their servantsh5288 bare ruleh7980h8804 over the peopleh5971: but so didh6213h8804 not I, becauseh6440 of the fearh3374 of Godh430.

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Yea, also I continuedh2388h8689 in the workh4399 of this wallh2346, neither boughth7069h8804 we any landh7704: and all my servantsh5288 were gatheredh6908h8803 thither unto the workh4399.

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Moreover there were at my tableh7979 an hundredh3967 and fiftyh2572h376 of the Jewsh3064 and rulersh5461, beside those that cameh935h8802 unto us from among the heathenh1471 that are about ush5439.

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Now that which was preparedh6213h8737 for me dailyh3117 was oneh259 oxh7794 and sixh8337 choiceh1305h8803 sheeph6629; also fowlsh6833 were preparedh6213h8738 for me, and once in tenh6235 daysh3117 storeh7235h8687 of all sorts of wineh3196: yet for allh5973 this requiredh1245h8765 not I the breadh3899 of the governorh6346, because the bondageh5656 was heavyh3513h8804 upon this peopleh5971.

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Thinkh2142h8798 upon me, my Godh430, for goodh2896, according to all that I have doneh6213h8804 for this peopleh5971.



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