Nehemiah 5:3

New Living Translation

Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”

Nehemiah 5:2

They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”

Nehemiah 5:4

And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.