Nehemiah 5:8

Overview - Nehemiah 5
The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage.
Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution.
14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
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Nehemiah 5:8  (King James Version)
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
 


We after
Matthew 25:15 Matthew 25:29 ; 2 Corinthians 8:12 ; Galatians 6:10

redeemed
Leviticus 25:47-49

sell your
Exodus 21:16 ; Deuteronomy 24:7

shall they
Romans 14:15 ; 1 Corinthians 8:11

held
Job 29:10 ; 32:15 Matthew 22:12 ; Romans 3:19