Nehemiah 5:3

Easy To Read Version

Other people were saying, “This is a time of famine. {\cf2\super [14]} We are having to mortgage {\cf2\super [15]} our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

You must give their fields, vineyards, olive fields, and houses back to them, right now! And you must give back the interest you charged them! You charged them one per cent for the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you loaned them. \{You must give that back to them!\}

Nehemiah 5:2

Some of them were saying, “We have many children. We must get some grain if we are going to eat and stay alive!”

Nehemiah 5:4

And still other people were saying, “We have to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. But we can’t afford to pay, so we are having to borrow money to pay the tax.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“When you are living in the land the Lord your God is giving you, there might be a poor person among your people. You must not be selfish. You must not refuse to give help to that poor person.