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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF NEH 5:1 However, the People and their wives complained greatly against their Judean countrymen,
RF NEH 5:2 and some said "We have many sons and daughters,—let us reap the corn, and eat and live."
RF NEH 5:3 Others said, "We are mortgaging our farms, and vineyards, and houses, and are buying corn for hunger."
RF NEH 5:4 And there were others who said, "We have had to borrow money to pay the King's taxes on our farms and vineyards!—
RF NEH 5:5 And now our bodies are like the bodies of our slaves and our children like their children's bodies! For see! we are bringing the bodies of our sons and daughters into slavery! And some of our daughters have become slaves;—so GOD is not with us,—for foreigners possess our farms and vineyards!"
RF NEH 5:6 Nehemiah calls a Public Meeting.
But I was very furious when I heard these complaints, and these statements,
RF NEH 5:7 yet I reflected in my mind, and reproved the Officers and Subalterns, and said to them; "It seems you all exact usury from your countrymen." I consequently appointed a Great Meeting about them,
RF NEH 5:8 Nehemiah's condemnation of Slavery.
when I said; "We have redeemed our Judean brothers who had been sold to the heathen, as far as we could,—but you even sell your own brothers, who should be sold to us!" And they were silent, and could not find a word.—
RF NEH 5:9 So I continued;—"The thing that you do is not right—should you not walk in the fear of our GOD, because of the contempt of the heathen, our enemies?
RF NEH 5:10 And even if I, my brothers, and attendants have lent them money and corn on interest!—we will now abandon that interest.—
RF NEH 5:11 I beg of you to return to them to-day their farms and vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, and also the one per cent1 on the money, and of the corn, and wine, and of the oil that you lend to them."
RF NEH 5:12 And they replied, "We will restore, and will no more demand it from them. Thus we shall do as you say." Then I called the Priests, and swore them to do according to that declaration.
RF NEH 5:13 I afterwards shook out my lap and exclaimed, "May GOD shake out like that every person from His House and property who does not adhere to this declaration!—May he be shaken out like that and dissipated!" And all the Meeting said "So be it," and thanked the LORD. And the People acted in accordance with the declaration.
RF NEH 5:14 Nehemiah appointed Governor of Judea.
And further, from the day I was appointed to be Governor of the country of Judea—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Arthakshasta,—twelve years,—neither I, nor my relatives, have taken the salary of the Governor,
RF NEH 5:15 while the former Governors who were before me burdened the people, and exacted from them bread and wine, along with forty shekels of silver. Their Attendants also lorded over the people;—but I did not do so,—
RF NEH 5:16 because of the fear of GOD. I also persisted in work upon the wall, and bought no estate, and all my attendants collected there at the work.
RF NEH 5:17 And of the Judeans and officers there were a hundred and fifty persons at my table, beside the guests who visited us from the surrounding nations.
RF NEH 5:18 What was prepared daily was an ox, six fat sheep, and fowls, for me; and every ten days a sufficient quantity of various wines; and yet I never demanded the Governor's Provisions, for that slavery was heavy upon the people.—
RF NEH 5:19 Remember me, my GOD, for all the good that I have done to this People.
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1. NOTE: Ch. 5, v. 11. "One per cent. on the money." This no doubt means one per cent. per month, which down to our day is the legal rate of interest in Syria and India for loans from the village bankers.—F.F.




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