Nehemiah 5:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Others were saying, ‘We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:7

‘If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted towards your poor brother.

Nehemiah 5:2

Some were saying, ‘We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.’

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, ‘We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax  on our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:11

Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage  of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil  that you have been assessing them.’