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John Gill, on Neh 5:2
John Gill · 1697–1771
Neh 5:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.”
On this verse:
“For there were that said, we, our sons, and our daughters, are many,.... Not that they complained of the number of their children, for a numerous offspring was always reckoned a blessing with the Jews; but this they observed to show that their families, being large, required a considerable quantity of food to support them: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live; that is, they were obliged to take it at an exorbitant price, which is the thing complained of; or otherwise they must starve, the rich taking the advantage of their poverty and present dearth.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.