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|Nehemías 5:1|
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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|Nehemías 5:2|
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
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|Nehemías 5:3|
Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
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|Nehemías 5:4|
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.
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|Nehemías 5:5|
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
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|Nehemías 5:6|
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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|Nehemías 5:7|
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
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|Nehemías 5:8|
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.
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|Nehemías 5:9|
Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
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|Nehemías 5:10|
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
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