Nehemiah 5:4

New Century Version

And still others were saying, “We are borrowing money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:21

They were descendants of people that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves, as is still true today.

Ezra 4:13

Now, King Artaxerxes, you should know that if Jerusalem is built and its walls are fixed, Jerusalem will not pay taxes of any kind. Then the amount of money your government collects will be less.

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had powerful kings who have ruled over the whole area of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes of all kinds have been paid to them.

Ezra 7:24

Remember, you must not make these people pay taxes of any kind: priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Temple servants, and other workers in this Temple of God.

Nehemiah 5:3

Others were saying, “We are borrowing money against our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain because there is not much food.”

Nehemiah 9:37

The land’s great harvest belongs to the kings you have put over us because of our sins. Those kings rule over us and our cattle as they please, so we are in much trouble.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor, and borrowers are servants to lenders.

Joshua 16:10

The Ephraimites could not force the Canaanites to leave Gezer, so the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, but they became slaves of the Ephraimites.