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Verse Nehemiah 5:5. _WE BRING IN TO BONDAGE OUR SONS_] The law
permitted parents to sell their children in times of extreme
necessity, Exodus 21:7....
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The power of a father to sell his daughter into slavery is expressly
mentioned in the Law Exodus 21:7. The power to sell a son appears from
this passage. In either case, the sale held good for only si...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The complaint of oppression (Nehemiah 5:1)_
2. Nehemiah's rebuke and demands (Nehemiah 5:6)
3. Nehemiah's generosity (Nehemiah 5:14)...
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DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWS. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah
5:14 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place.
Nehemiah 5:1 deals with the economic straits to which the Jews...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
E. Internal difficulties arise and are overcome.
1. Selfishness and greed create a problem.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:1-5
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Now there was a great outcry of the people and of...
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_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._ NO JFB
COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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5:5 hand (f-50) As Genesis 31:29 ....
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NEHEMIAH'S MEASURES IN ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY
1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and
rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to
labour gratuitously...
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OUR FLESH, ETC.] i.e. we are as much Jews as the creditors to whom we
have sold our children. BONDAGE] The sale of children to defray a debt
was recognised in the Mosaic Law: see Exodus 21:2; Deuteron...
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Nehemiah had organised the work well. He had selected guards to
protect the people from their enemies. But there were other problems
too. The wealthy *Jews thought that they saw an opportunity to make...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 5
V1 At this time, some men and their wives became angry. They
complained about some other *Jews. V2 Th...
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WE BRING INTO BONDAGE. — But the climax of the cry was the bondage
of their children, especially of the daughters, whom they had been
obliged to sell until the Jubile for money: children as precious t...
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ בְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֨ינוּ֙
בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ...
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USURY
Nehemiah 5:1
WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The
previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which
nearly all the people were united for the prosecut...
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SECURING JUSTICE FOR THE POOR
Nehemiah 5:1
The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were
deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai
1:6. They had mortgaged...
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A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the
people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer
brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them....
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Yet now our flesh [is] as (d) 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 broug...
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_Brethren, who are still in captivity, or we are of the same nature as
the rich, (Calmet) who so cruelly oppress us. (Menochius)_...
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(1) В¶ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives
against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our
sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn fo...
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Liberty or Bondage?
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which
Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of
bondage.
1. 1 Corinthia...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6.
The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not
one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
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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 u...
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_Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren_ We are of the same
nature, nation, and religion with them; nor is there any other
difference between us, but that they are rich and we are poor; and...
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1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, morgage, and bondage.
6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant
of restitution.
14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hosp...
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Yet, now, our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as
their children, they rightly felt that they had equal rights with
their richer neighbors before the Lord; AND, LO, WE BRING INTO BO...
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THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...
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THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED
(vv. 1-13)
At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is
distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and
rulers, were guilty of...
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1-5 Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they
reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can
sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians? W...
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OUR FLESH IS AS THE FLESH OF OUR BRETHREN; we are of the same nature,
and nation, and religion with them although they treat us as if we
were beasts or heathens, forgetting both humanity and God's law...
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ONE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCE OF THE CONCENTRATION ON THE BUILDING OF THE
WALL PROVES NEHEMIAH'S WORTH (NEHEMIAH 5:1).
Nehemiah is now revealed, not only as a great leader, but as a man of
compassion. Li...
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THE PROBLEMS FACING THE POORER PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 5:1).
The three examples that follow are representative of a whole range of
problems rather than being specific, but underlying them are the
problems th...
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CONTENTS: Opposition by greed and heartlessness. Nehemiah's example of
unselfishness.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing exposes Christianity more to the reproaches of its
enemies than t...
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Nehemiah 5:3. _Because of the dearth,_ specially inflicted by reason
of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more
on Haggai 1:9.
Nehemiah 5:5. We bring into bondage our sons a...
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_We have mortgaged our lands._
THE MISERIES OF DEBT
I. Mental unrest.
II. Social degradation.
III. Family ruin.
IV. A disregard of a Divine command: “Thou shalt not steal.”
Application--
1. Chri...
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_And there was a great cry of the people._
THE FRIEND OF THE POOR
I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a
morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffering...
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NEHEMIAH 5:1 Nehemiah Deals with Injustices in the Community;
Nehemiah’s Personal Contribution to the Project. Nehemiah takes
measures to end the exploitation of the weak in the community by its
power...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:5 FORCING OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS TO
BE SLAVES. Temporary debt-slavery (but not permanent chattel-slavery)
was permitted in Mosaic law among Israelites. It was often the...
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.]
NEHEMIAH 5:1. AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN] _i. e._ the richer portion
(Nehemiah 5:7).
NEHEMIAH 5:2. THERE WERE THAT SAID] Keil divides into three classes.
(_a_) The workers, who had no...
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EXPOSITION
INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES, AND NEHEMIAH'S MODE OF MEETING THEM (Nehemiah
5:1). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far
as it is stated, in direct connection with the emp...
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Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within.
If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks
to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest...
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2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 21:1; Genesis 37:27; Isaiah 58:7; James 2:5;...
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Our flesh — We are of the same nature, and religion with them,
though they treat us as if we were beasts or Heathens. Bondage — We
are compelled to sell them for our subsistence. Daughters — Which
was...