Nechemyah 5:2-4

Orthodox Jewish Bible

² For there were that said, We, our banim, and our banot, are rabbim (many); therefore we must get dagan (grain) for them, that we may eat, and live.

³ Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our sadot (fields), kramim (vineyards), and batim (houses), that we might buy dagan, because of the ra’av (famine).

⁴ There were also that said, We have borrowed kesef for the tax of HaMelech, and that upon our sadot and kramim.