Nehemiah 5:17 Meaning and Commentary
“And there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.”– Nehemiah …
“And there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.”– Nehemiah …
“Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.”– Nehemiah 5:16 (KJV) “But I …
“But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their …
“Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes …
“Also I shook my lap and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken …
“Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of …
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, and also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, …
“I usury of your brethren shall you not lend them; that they may not be usurers unto you: I am a great assembly against this.” – Nehemiah 5:10 (KJV) “Don’t …
“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?”– …
“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 …