Nehemiah 5: the king's tribute and the restored fields

Nehemiah 5 records Judeans who had mortgaged fields, vineyards and houses to buy grain in a dearth, and had borrowed money for the king's tribute, with sons and daughters already in bondage. Nehemiah rebukes the nobles and rulers for exacting usury, and they swear before the priests to restore the lands and the hundredth part they had taken.

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• EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: ADDED 2026-09-19
• Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
• SourcesRECORD — Nehemiah 5:1-14, King James Version, BibleGateway · checked 19 September: Nehemiah 5:1-14, King James Version, Blue Letter Bible (a different site from the row's)