Neh.5.1

Nehemiah 5:1

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And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed

Cross References

Leviticus 25:35

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¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Redemption of the Poor

Of Poor Countrymen

Deuteronomy 15:7

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¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Generosity in Lending and Giving

The Sabbatic Year

Nehemiah 4:23

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So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

Discouragement Overcome

Jeremiah 34:8

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¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

Ezekiel 45:9