Nehemiah 5 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Charging Interest Abolished

Now there was a great^H1419 outcry^H6818 of the people^H5971 and of their wives^H802 against^H413 their Jewish^H3064 brothers^H251.

Neh 5:2

Neh 5:2For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let’s get grain so that we may eat and live.”

Neh 5:3

Neh 5:3And there were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses so that we might get grain because of the famine.”

Neh 5:4

Neh 5:4There also were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

Neh 5:5

Neh 5:5“And now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and [fn]we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Neh 5:6

Then I was^H2734 very^H3966 angry^H2734 when^H834 I heard^H8085 their outcry^H2201 and these^H428 words^H1697.

Neh 5:7

Neh 5:7So I thought it over and contended with the nobles and the leading people, and said to them, “You are lending at interest, each to his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.

Neh 5:8

Neh 5:8And I said to them, “We, according to our ability, have [fn]redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

Neh 5:9

Neh 5:9So I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?

Neh 5:10

Neh 5:10“And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let’s [fn]do without this interest.

Neh 5:11

Neh 5:11“Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, as well as the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are charging as interest from them.”

Neh 5:12

Neh 5:12Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and made them take an oath to act in accordance with this [fn]promise.

Neh 5:13

Neh 5:13I also shook out the [fn]front of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every person from his house and from his possessions who does not keep this [fn]promise; just so may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the LORD. Then the people acted in accordance with this [fn]promise.

Nehemiah’s Example

Neh 5:14

Furthermore^H1571, since^H4480 the day^H3117 that I was appointed^H6680 to be their governor^H6346 in the land^H776 of Judah^H3063, from the twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 to the thirty-second^H7970^H8147 year^H8141 of King^H4428 Artaxerxes^H783, for twelve^H8147^H6240 years^H8141, neither^H3808 I nor^H3808 my kinsmen^H251 have eaten^H398 the governor’s^H6346 food^H3899 allowance.

Neh 5:15

Neh 5:15But the previous governors who were before me [fn]laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of my fear of God.

Neh 5:16

Neh 5:16I also [fn]applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

Neh 5:17

Neh 5:17Moreover, there were at my table 150 Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

Neh 5:18

Neh 5:18Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all sorts of wine were provided in abundance. Yet for all this I did not request the governor’s food allowance, because the forced labor was heavy on this people.

Neh 5:19

Neh 5:19Remember me, my God, for good, in return for all that I have done for this people.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(5:5)

Lit there is no power in our hands

Lit purchased

Lit abandon

Lit word

Lit fold

Lit word

Lit word

Lit made heavy

Or held fast

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Charging Interest Abolished

Nehemiah’s Example

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