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Nehemiah 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 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.
3 And there were that said, We must gage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and take up corn for the famine.
4 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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- Nehemiah 5:2 This is the complaint of the people, showing to what extremity they were brought unto.
- Nehemiah 5:4 To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted yearly of us.
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
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