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Nehemiah 5:1-3
The Message
Nehemiah 5:1-3
The Message
The “Great Protest”
5 1-2 A great protest was mounted by the people, including the wives, against their fellow Jews. Some said, “We have big families, and we need food just to survive.”
3 Others said, “We’re having to mortgage our fields and vineyards and homes to get enough grain to keep from starving.”
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