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Nehemías 5:12

Listen to Nehemías 5:12
12 —Está bien —respondieron ellos—, haremos todo lo que nos has pedido. Se lo devolveremos todo, sin exigirles nada.Entonces llamé a los sacerdotes, y ante estos les hice jurar que cumplirían su promesa.

Nehemías 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:12

Then said they, we will restore them
The lands, vineyards, oliveyards, and houses:

and will require nothing of them;
not the hundredth part of the fruits of the earth by way of salary:

so will we do as thou sayest;
they approved of his proposal, and readily agreed to it:

then I called the priests, and took an oath of them that they should do
according to this promise;
not that the priests were delinquents, they were not charged with anything of this kind, nor were they the men that promised restitution; but the priests were called to administer the oath to the nobles, and rulers, and rich men, to oblige them the more to keep their word; an oath being sacred, priests in an holy office were made use of to give it, that it might be the more solemn, and the more strictly regarded.

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Nehemías 5:12 In-Context

10 Mis hermanos y mis criados, y hasta yo mismo, les hemos prestado dinero y trigo. Pero ahora, ¡quitémosles esa carga de encima!
11 Yo les ruego que les devuelvan campos, viñedos, olivares y casas, y también el uno por ciento de la plata, del trigo, del vino y del aceite que ustedes les exigen.
12 —Está bien —respondieron ellos—, haremos todo lo que nos has pedido. Se lo devolveremos todo, sin exigirles nada.Entonces llamé a los sacerdotes, y ante estos les hice jurar que cumplirían su promesa.
13 Luego me sacudí el manto y afirmé:—¡Así sacuda Dios y arroje de su casa y de sus propiedades a todo el que no cumpla esta promesa! ¡Así lo sacuda Dios y lo deje sin nada!Toda la asamblea respondió:—¡Amén!Y alabaron al SEÑOR, y el pueblo cumplió lo prometido.
14 Desde el año veinte del reinado de Artajerjes, cuando fui designado gobernador de la tierra de Judá, hasta el año treinta y dos, es decir, durante doce años, ni mis hermanos ni yo utilizamos el impuesto que me correspondía como gobernador.
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