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Nehemiah 5:5-7
English Standard Version
Nehemiah 5:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Now (A)our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet (B)we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
6 I was very angry when I heard (C)their outcry and these words. 7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, (D)“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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