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Nehemiah 5:1

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And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:2

    For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

  2. Nehemiah 5:3

    Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.