For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters are many, therefore we take up [a]corn, that we may eat and live.

And there were that said, We must gage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and take up corn for the famine.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s [b]tribute upon our lands and our vineyards.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:2 This is the complaint of the people, showing to what extremity they were brought unto.
  2. Nehemiah 5:4 To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted yearly of us.

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