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Nehemiah 5:5-7
American Standard Version
Nehemiah 5:5-7
American Standard Version
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 into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the [a]rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
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- Nehemiah 5:7 Or, deputies
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