Nehemiah 5:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses; and let us take corn because of the famine.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:7

If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within the gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,

Nehemiah 5:2

And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us take up corn for the price of them; and let us eat and live.

Nehemiah 5:4

And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute; and let us give up our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:11

Restore ye to them this day their fields, and their vineyards, and their oliveyards, and their houses. And the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which you were wont to exact of them, give it rather for them.