THEOSISNehemiah 5:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn because of the famine.
וְיֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים שְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּ וּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּ וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹרְבִ֑ים וְנִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן בָּרָעָֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 25:35If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee:
- Lev 25:39If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.
- Mal 3:8Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
- Mal 3:11And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Deut 15:7If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,
- Gen 47:15And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now no money?
- Gen 47:25And they answered: our life is in thy hand; only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.