NEHEMIAH 4:22
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
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NEHEMIAH 4:23
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
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NEHEMIAH 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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NEHEMIAH 5:2
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.
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NEHEMIAH 5:3
[Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
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NEHEMIAH 5:4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
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NEHEMIAH 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 unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
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NEHEMIAH 5:6
# And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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NEHEMIAH 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
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NEHEMIAH 5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].
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NEHEMIAH 5:9
Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
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NEHEMIAH 5:10
I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
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