Chapter 5

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a great cry Exod 3:7, Exod 22:25-27; Job 31:38-39, Job 34:28; Isa 5:7; Luke 18:7; Jas 5:4

their brethren Lev 25:35-37; Deut 15:7-11; Acts 7:26; 1Cor 6:6-8


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our sons Ps 127:3-5, Ps 128:2-4; Mal 2:2

we take up corn Gen 41:57, Gen 42:2, Gen 43:8


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mortgaged Gen 47:15-25; Lev 25:35-39; Deut 15:7

because Mal 3:8-11


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the king's tribute Neh 9:37; Deut 28:47-48; Josh 16:10; 1Kgs 9:21; Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:20


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our flesh Gen 37:27; Isa 58:7; Jas 2:5-6

we Exod 21:1-11; Lev 25:39-43; 2Kgs 4:1; Matt 18:25


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Neh 13:8, Neh 13:25; Exod 11:8; Num 16:15; Mark 3:5; Eph 4:26


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I consulted with myself Heb. my heart consulted in me, Ps 4:4, Ps 27:8

I rebuked Lev 19:15; 2Chr 19:6-7; Ps 82:1-4; Prov 27:5; 2Cor 5:16; Gal 2:11; 1Tim 5:20; Titus 2:15

Ye exact usury Exod 22:25; Lev 25:36; Deut 15:2-3, Deut 23:19-20, Deut 24:10-13; Ps 15:1, Ps 15:5; Ezek 22:12, Ezek 45:9

I set a great assembly 2Chr 28:9-13; Matt 18:17


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We after Matt 25:15, Matt 25:29; 2Cor 8:12; Gal 6:10

redeemed Lev 25:47-49

sell your Exod 21:16; Deut 24:7

shall they Rom 14:15; 1Cor 8:11

held Job 29:10, Job 32:15; Matt 22:12; Rom 3:19


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It is not 1Sam 2:24; Prov 16:29, Prov 17:26, Prov 18:5, Prov 19:2, Prov 24:23

walk Neh 5:15; Gen 20:11, Gen 42:18; Lev 25:36; Acts 9:31

reproach Gen 13:7-8; 2Sam 12:14; Ezek 36:20; Rom 2:24; 1Tim 5:14; Titus 2:5; 1Pet 2:12


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I likewise Mic 2:1; Luke 3:13-14; 1Cor 9:12-18

I pray you 2Cor 5:11, 2Cor 5:20, 2Cor 6:1; Phlm 1:8-9

leave Neh 5:7; Exod 22:25-27; Ps 15:5; Ezek 18:8, Ezek 18:13


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Restore Lev 6:4-5; 1Sam 12:3; 2Sam 12:6; Isa 58:6; Luke 3:8

their lands Neh 5:3-4

the hundredth This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to about 12 percent. Another author states that this is the lowest rate of interest in Syria. The usual rate is 20; and it is sometimes as high as 30 percent.


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We will restore 2Chr 28:14-15; Ezra 10:12; Matt 19:21-22; Luke 19:8

I called Neh 10:29, Neh 13:25; 2Kgs 23:2-3; 2Chr 6:22-23, 2Chr 15:13-14; Ezra 10:5; Jer 34:8-10; Matt 26:63


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I shook my lap So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war." - Livy. Matt 10:14; Acts 13:51, Acts 18:6

So God 1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 11:29-31; Zech 5:3-4

emptied Heb. empty, or void

Amen Num 5:22; Deut 27:14-26

praised 1Chr 16:36

the people 2Kgs 23:3; Ps 50:14, Ps 76:11, Ps 119:106; Eccl 5:5


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from the twentieth Neh 2:1, Neh 13:6

I and my 1Cor 9:4-15, 1Cor 9:18; 2Thess 3:8-9

the bread Ezra 4:13-14; Rom 13:6-7


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even their 1Sam 2:15-17, 1Sam 8:15; Prov 29:12

so did Matt 5:47; 2Cor 11:9, 2Cor 12:13

because Neh 5:9; Job 31:23; Ps 112:1, Ps 147:11; Prov 16:6; Eccl 12:13-14; Isa 50:10; Luke 18:2-4


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I continued Luke 8:15; Rom 2:7; 1Cor 15:58; Gal 6:9

neither bought Num 16:15; Acts 20:33-35; 1Thess 2:5-6

all my 2Cor 12:16-18; Phil 2:20-21


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Moreover He kept open house, and entertained all comers; besides having 150; Jews, who had their food constantly at his table, and at his expense.

at my table 2Sam 9:7, 2Sam 9:13; 1Kgs 18:19

an hundred Isa 32:8; Rom 12:13; 1Pet 4:9-10


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Now that 1Kgs 4:22-23

one ox This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Bp. Pococke says that the bey of Tunis had daily twelve sheep, with fish and fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, etc., etc. His nobles dined with him; after they had done, the servants sat down; and when they had finished, the poor took what was left. Here the bey's twelve sheep are equal to Nehemiah's one ox and six choice sheep; and probably the mode of living between the two was nearly alike. It is still the practice in the East to calculate the expenses of the table, not by the money paid, but by the provisions consumed by the guests.

required Neh 5:14-15

because the bondage Ps 37:21, Ps 37:26


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Think Neh 13:14, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:31; Gen 40:14; Ps 25:6-7, Ps 40:17, Ps 106:4; Jer 29:11

according to Ps 18:23-25; Matt 10:42, Matt 25:34-40; Mark 9:41


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