Nehemiah 5
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 5 of 13
Chapter Summary
1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgages, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebukes those lending at interest. 14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
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People & Context
The people cry out because famine and taxes have forced them to mortgage their lands and sell their children into slavery to fellow Jews.
Angry at the extortion, Nehemiah confronts the nobles and magistrates, holding an assembly to condemn their charging of interest and demanding restitu…
The leaders agree to restore the properties and stop charging interest. Nehemiah makes them swear an oath and pronounces a curse on any who break it.
Timeline
The people cry out because famine and taxes have forced them to mortgage their lands and sell their children into slavery to fellow Jews.
Nehemiah 5:1-5Angry at the extortion, Nehemiah confronts the nobles and magistrates, holding an assembly to condemn their charging of interest and demanding restitution.
Nehemiah 5:6-11The leaders agree to restore the properties and stop charging interest. Nehemiah makes them swear an oath and pronounces a curse on any who break it.
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