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Verse Nehemiah 5:4. _WE HAVE BORROWED MONEY_] This should be read, _We
have_ _borrowed money for the king's tribute on our lands and
vineyards_. They had a tax to pay to the Persian king in token of
t...
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THE KING’S TRIBUTE - The tax payable to the Persian monarch (compare
Ezra 4:13; Esther 10:1). In ancient times, heavy taxation was often
productive of debt and distress....
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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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Yet a third class is mentioned, who had been compelled to borrow in
order to pay the taxes and, not having the means to pay their
creditors, sold their children as slaves.
_we have borrowed … for the...
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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
1
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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THE KING'S TRIBUTE] The common people were not exempted from paying
taxes to the Persian king, like the priests and other ministers of the
Temple (Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 9:37)....
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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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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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וְ יֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים לָוִ֥ינוּ
כֶ֖סֶף ל
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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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There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's (c)
tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
(c) To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted
yearly fro...
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_Let us. Septuagint Mont.[Montanus?], "We have borrowed" on usury,
contrary to Exodus xxii. 25. The Jews were still obliged to pay
tribute._...
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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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There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
Ver. 4. _There were also that said_] Here was a third complaint to
good Nehemiah; to...
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_We have borrowed money for the king's tribute_ Which was laid upon
them all, Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24. Houbigant renders the last part of
this verse, _for the king's tribute on our lands and vineyards._...
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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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THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...
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There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
tribute, the taxes laid upon them by the Persian government, AND THAT
UPON OUR LANDS AND VINEYARDS. It was a most deplorable condition...
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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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THE KINGS TRIBUTE was laid upon them all. See EZRA 4:13, EZRA 7:24...
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Nehemiah 5:4 were H3426 said H559 (H8802) borrowed H3867 (H8804) money
H3701 kings H4428 tax H4060 lands...
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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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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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1 Kings 9:21; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezra 4:13; Ezra