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Nehemiah 5:1-19

5:1

And there was a great
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cry
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of the people
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and of their wives
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against their brethren
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the Jews
<03064>_.

5:2

For there were
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that said
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We, our sons
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and our daughters
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[are] many
<07227>_:

therefore we take up
<03947> (8799)

corn
<01715>

[for them], that we may eat
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and live
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5:3

[Some] also there were
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that said
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We have mortgaged
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our lands
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vineyards
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and houses
<01004>_,

that we might buy
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corn
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because of the dearth
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5:4

There were
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also that said
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We have borrowed
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money
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for the king's
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tribute
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[and that upon] our lands
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and vineyards
<03754>_.

5:5

Yet now our flesh
<01320>

[is] as the flesh
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of our brethren
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our children
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as their children
<01121>_:

and, lo, we bring into bondage
<03533> (8802)

our sons
<01121>

and our daughters
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to be servants
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and [some] of our daughters
<01323>

are
<03426>

brought unto bondage
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[already]: neither [is it] in our power
<0410> <03027>

[to redeem them]; for other men
<0312>

have our lands
<07704>

and vineyards
<03754>_.

5:6

And I was very
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angry
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when I heard
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their cry
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and these words
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5:7

Then I consulted
<04427> (8735)

with myself
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and I rebuked
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the nobles
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and the rulers
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and said
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unto them, Ye exact
<05378> (8801) (8678) <05383> (8802) (8675) <05375> (8802)

usury
<04855>_,

every one
<0376>

of his brother
<0251>_.

And I set
<05414> (8799)

a great
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assembly
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against them. {I consulted...: Heb. my heart consulted in me}

5:8

And I said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, We after our ability
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have redeemed
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our brethren
<0251>

the Jews
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which were sold
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unto the heathen
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and will ye even sell
<04376> (8799)

your brethren
<0251>_?

or shall they be sold
<04376> (8738)

unto us? Then held they their peace
<02790> (8686)_,

and found
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nothing
<01697>

[to answer].

5:9

Also I said
<0559> (8799)_,

It [is] not good
<02896>

that
<01697>

ye do
<06213> (8802)_:

ought ye not to walk
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in the fear
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of our God
<0430>

because of the reproach
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of the heathen
<01471>

our enemies
<0341> (8802)_?

5:10

I likewise, [and] my brethren
<0251>_,

and my servants
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might exact
<05383> (8802)

of them money
<03701>

and corn
<01715>_:

I pray you, let us leave off
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this usury
<04855>_.

5:11

Restore
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I pray you, to them, even this day
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their lands
<07704>_,

their vineyards
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their oliveyards
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and their houses
<01004>_,

also the hundredth
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[part] of the money
<03701>_,

and of the corn
<01715>_,

the wine
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and the oil
<03323>_,

that ye exact
<05383> (8802)

of them.

5:12

Then said
<0559> (8799)

they, We will restore
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[them], and will require
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nothing of them; so will we do
<06213> (8799)

as thou sayest
<0559> (8802)_.

Then I called
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the priests
<03548>_,

and took an oath
<07650> (8686)

of them, that they should do
<06213> (8800)

according to this promise
<01697>_.

5:13

Also I shook
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my lap
<02684>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

So God
<0430>

shake out
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every man
<0376>

from his house
<01004>_,

and from his labour
<03018>_,

that performeth
<06965> (8686)

not this promise
<01697>_,

even thus be he shaken out
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and emptied
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And all the congregation
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said
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Amen
<0543>_,

and praised
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the LORD
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And the people
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did
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according to this promise
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{emptied: Heb. empty, or, void}

5:14

Moreover from the time
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that I was appointed
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to be their governor
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in the land
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of Judah
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from the twentieth
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year
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even unto the two
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and thirtieth
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year
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of Artaxerxes
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the king
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[that is], twelve
<08147> <06240>

years
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I and my brethren
<0251>

have not eaten
<0398> (8804)

the bread
<03899>

of the governor
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5:15

But the former
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governors
<06346>

that [had been] before
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me were chargeable
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unto the people
<05971>_,

and had taken
<03947> (8799)

of them bread
<03899>

and wine
<03196>_,

beside
<0310>

forty
<0705>

shekels
<08255>

of silver
<03701>_;

yea, even
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their servants
<05288>

bare rule
<07980> (8804)

over the people
<05971>_:

but so did
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not I, because
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of the fear
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of God
<0430>_.

5:16

Yea, also I continued
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in the work
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of this wall
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neither bought
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we any land
<07704>_:

and all my servants
<05288>

[were] gathered
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thither unto the work
<04399>_.

5:17

Moreover [there were] at my table
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an hundred
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and fifty
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of the Jews
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and rulers
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beside those that came
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unto us from among the heathen
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that [are] about us
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5:18

Now [that] which was prepared
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[for me] daily
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[was] one
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ox
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[and] six
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choice
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sheep
<06629>_;

also fowls
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were prepared
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for me, and once in ten
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days
<03117>

store
<07235> (8687)

of all sorts of wine
<03196>_:

yet for all
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this required
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not I the bread
<03899>

of the governor
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because the bondage
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was heavy
<03513> (8804)

upon this people
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5:19

Think
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upon me, my God
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for good
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[according] to all that I have done
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for this people
<05971>_.