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Nehemiah 5:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My relatives, my friends, and I are also lending money and grain, but we must no longer demand payment in return.

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Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

Now give back the fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and houses you have taken and also the interest you have been paid.”

So I thought it over and said to the leaders and officials, “How can you charge your own people interest?” Then I called a public meeting and accused the leaders

I continued, “What you have done is wrong! We must honour our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.

They lend their money without charging interest, and they don't take bribes to hurt the innocent. Those who do these things will always stand firm.

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused!

and charges high interest when lending money. An evil man like that will certainly not live. He is the one who has done these horrible sins, so it's his own fault that he will be put to death.

He never cheats or robs anyone and always returns anything taken as security for a loan; he gives food and clothes to the poor

and doesn't charge interest when lending money. He refuses to do anything evil; he is fair to everyone

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

We know what it means to respect the Lord, and we encourage everyone to turn to him. God himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what kind of people we are.

We were sent to speak for Christ, and God is begging you to listen to our message. We speak for Christ and sincerely ask you to make peace with God.

We work together with God, and we beg you to make good use of God's kindness to you.




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