World English Bible
Nehemiah 5:2
“For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 5
1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
2
For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
3
Some also there were that said, "We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.
4
There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
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Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and restoring the community’s faith.
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