Nehemiah 5:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Ezra 4:13

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished,  they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax,  and the royal revenue  will suffer.

Ezra 4:20

Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the River Euphrates, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.

Nehemiah 9:37

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have set over us, because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

Ezra 7:24

Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

1 Kings 9:21

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely   #– #Solomon imposed forced labour on them; it is still this way today.

Joshua 16:10

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.  So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,  but they are forced labourers.

Nehemiah 5:3

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

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.