Nehemiah 5:6

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4. Nehemiah 5:4

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

5. Nehemiah 5:5

   Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

7. Nehemiah 5:7

   Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

8. Nehemiah 5:8

   And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

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