Nehemiah 5:3

New International Reader's Version

Others were saying, “We’re being forced to sell our fields, vineyards and homes. We have to do it to buy grain. There isn’t enough food for everyone.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

Give the people’s fields back to them. Give them back their vineyards, olive groves and houses. Do it right away. Give everything back to them. Also give them back the one percent on the money, grain, fresh wine and olive oil you have charged them.”

Nehemiah 5:2

Some of them were saying, “There are now many of us. We have many sons and daughters. We have to get some grain so we can eat and stay alive.”

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, “We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Deuteronomy 15:7

Suppose someone is poor among you. And suppose they live in one of the towns in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Then don’t be mean to them. They are poor. So don’t hold back money from them.