Nehemiah 5:3

Good News Translation

Others said, “We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

Cancel all the debts they owe you—money or grain or wine or olive oil. And give them back their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses right now!”

Nehemiah 5:2

Some said, “We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive.”

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others said, “We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“If in any of the towns in the land that the Lord your God is giving you there are Israelites in need, then do not be selfish and refuse to help them.