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John Gill, on Neh 5:4
John Gill · 1697–1771
Neh 5:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And others said: Let us borrow money for the king’s tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:”
On this verse:
“There were also that said,.... Who though they were able to buy corn for their families without mortgaging their estates: yet, say they: we have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards; for though the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, were exempted from it, yet not the people in common; and some of these were so poor, that they could not pay it without borrowing upon their estates, and paying large usury for it, see”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.