Nehemiah 5:4

Tree of Life Version

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:21

even their children who remained in the land after them whom the children of Israel were not able to destroy utterly, on them Solomon imposed forced labor until this day.

Ezra 4:13

“Furthermore, let it be known to the king, that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, no more tribute, taxes or duty will be paid and the royal revenue will suffer.

Ezra 4:20

Mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem governing all the Trans-Euphrates, and tribute, taxes, and duty were paid to them.

Ezra 7:24

We also notify you that you have no authority to impose tribute, tax or duty on any of the kohanim, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, sanctuary servants, or attendants at this House of God.

Nehemiah 5:3

There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses in order to obtain grain during the famine.”

Nehemiah 9:37

Its abundant produce goes to the kings You have set over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress!

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor, the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Joshua 16:10

But they did not drive out the Canaanites that were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and became forced laborers.