Nehemiah 5:4

Easy To Read Version

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:21

The Israelites had not been able to destroy those people. But Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.

Ezra 4:13

Also, King Artaxerxes, you should know that if Jerusalem and its walls are built again, the people of Jerusalem will stop paying their taxes. They will stop sending money to honor you. They also will stop paying duty taxes. And the king will lose all that money.

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over it and over the whole area west of the Euphrates River. Taxes and money to honor kings, and duty taxes have been paid to those kings.

Ezra 7:24

\{I want\} you men to know that it is against the law to make the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and other workers in God’s temple pay taxes. Those people don’t have to pay taxes, money to honor the king, or any duty taxes.

Nehemiah 5:3

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.

Nehemiah 9:37

The harvest is big in this land.\par But we sinned, so that harvest\par goes to the kings you put over us.\par Those kings control us and our cattle.\par They do anything they want.\par We are in a lot of trouble.\par

Proverbs 22:7

Poor people are slaves to rich people. The person who borrows is a servant to the person who lends.