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And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.” <a href="/esv/nehemiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.” <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.” <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.” <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, as well as the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are charging as interest from them.” <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are exacting from them.” <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them.” <a href="/amp/nehemiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, and also a hundredth part of the money, the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are lending them.” <a href="/csb/nehemiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil that you have been assessing them.” <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been assessing them.&#8221 <a href="/asv/nehemiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. <a href="/cev/nehemiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now give back the fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and houses you have taken and also the interest you have been paid." <a href="/erv/nehemiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You must return their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their homes today. Also, you must return the interest on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil you've been charging them." <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> Cancel all the debts they owe you--money or grain or wine or olive oil. And give them back their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses right now!" <a href="/isv/nehemiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> So today please restore to them their fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and homes, along with the one percent interest charge that you've assessed them on the grain, wine, and oil." <a href="/net/nehemiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a> This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil." <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them." <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/nehemiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.” <a href="/web/nehemiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Please give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, that you are exacting of them.” <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.' <a href="/slt/nehemiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Turn back now to them according to this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and the hundredth of the silver and the grain, the new wine and the new oil which ye impose upon them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Restore ye to them this day their fields, and their vineyards, and their oliveyards, and their houses: and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which you mere wont to exact of them, give it rather for them. <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them.” <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, together with the interest on the money, the grain, the wine, and the oil that you have lent them.” <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses; also pardon the debts of money and of grain, wine, and oil to the rest of the people. <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And we shall return their fields to them and their vineyards and their olive groves and their houses, and the silver and grain and wine and oil we shall leave for the rest of the people.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundred pieces of silver, and the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.' <a href="/sep/nehemiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive-yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money. <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=1121" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed</a> …10I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury. 11<a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">Please</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: hā·šî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">restore</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kə·hay·yō·wm (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">immediately</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śə·ḏō·ṯê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">their fields,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kar·mê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">vineyards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2132.htm" title="2132: zê·ṯê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Olive tree, olive. Probably from an unused root; an olive, the tree, the branch or the berry.">olive groves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇāt·tê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and houses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: ū·mə·’aṯ (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">along with the percentage</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: hak·ke·sep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of the money,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1715.htm" title="1715: wə·had·dā·ḡān (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Corn, grain (of cereals). From dagah; properly, increase, i.e. Grain.">grain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8492.htm" title="8492: hat·tî·rō·wōš (Art:: N-ms) -- Or tiyrosh; from yarash in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice; by implication fermented wine.">new wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3323.htm" title="3323: wə·hay·yiṣ·hār (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Fresh oil. From tsahar; oil; figuratively, anointing.">and oil</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5383.htm" title="5383: nō·šîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To lend, become a creditor. A primitive root; to lend or borrow on security or interest.">have been assessing</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them.”</a> 12“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25-27</a> If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. / If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, / because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a> Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. / Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you. / You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19-20</a> Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. / You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. <a href="/deuteronomy/24-10.htm">Deuteronomy 24:10-13</a> When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. / You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. / If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; ... <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Ezekiel 18:7-8</a> He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. / He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a> In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Psalm 15:5</a> who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. <a href="/proverbs/28-8.htm">Proverbs 28:8</a> He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor. <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a> Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? <a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14-17</a> Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. / Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name. / But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. ... <a href="/matthew/5-42.htm">Matthew 5:42</a> Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. <a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-35</a> And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. / But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. <a href="/luke/19-8.htm">Luke 19:8</a> But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” <a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8</a> Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-7.htm">1 Corinthians 6:7-8</a> The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? / Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.Restore<a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Leviticus 6:4,5</a> Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, … <a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3</a> Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.<a href="/2_samuel/12-6.htm">2 Samuel 12:6</a> And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.their lands<a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Nehemiah 5:3,4</a> Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Charging</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-22.htm">Exacted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Exacting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-5.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-7.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-13.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Hundredth</a> <a href="/ezra/4-23.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-5.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Money</a> <a href="/ezra/6-4.htm">New</a> <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Oliveyards</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Olive-Yards</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">Orchards</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-13.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-7.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Please</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-2.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Usury</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-4.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-5.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-1.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/1-22.htm">Charging</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-39.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/esther/4-7.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Exacted</a> <a href="/luke/19-21.htm">Exacting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-16.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-4.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-17.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Hundredth</a> <a href="/job/5-3.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-13.htm">Money</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">New</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Oliveyards</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Olive-Yards</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-5.htm">Orchards</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Part</a> <a href="/job/4-20.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/esther/1-19.htm">Please</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-12.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Usury</a> <a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 5</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage</a> 6. <a href="/nehemiah/5-6.htm">Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution</a> 14. <a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Nehemiah, as governor, is addressing the nobles and officials who have been exploiting their fellow Jews. The immediacy underscores the importance of justice and compassion in the community. This reflects the biblical principle of loving one's neighbor and the urgency of rectifying wrongs, as seen in passages like <a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a> and <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a>.their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses These items represent the basic means of livelihood and sustenance for the people. In ancient Israel, land was a critical asset, often tied to family inheritance and identity (<a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Numbers 36:7</a>). The loss of these properties due to debt or exploitation would have severe economic and social implications. The restoration of these assets is a return to the God-given order and provision for each family, as seen in the Jubilee laws (Leviticus 25).along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil This refers to the interest or usury that had been unjustly charged. The Law of Moses prohibited charging interest to fellow Israelites (<a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19-20</a>), emphasizing community solidarity and care for the poor. The mention of grain, wine, and oil highlights the staples of the ancient Near Eastern diet and economy, underscoring the comprehensive nature of the exploitation.that you have been assessing them The term "assessing" implies a systematic and perhaps legalistic imposition of burdens. This reflects a broader theme in Scripture where leaders are called to act justly and not oppress the people (<a href="/isaiah/10.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a>, <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). Nehemiah's leadership here is a type of Christ, who advocates for the oppressed and calls for justice and mercy (<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-19</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> The central figure in the book, Nehemiah is a Jewish leader and cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes. He is known for his leadership in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and addressing social injustices among the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_jewish_nobles_and_officials.htm">The Jewish Nobles and Officials</a> These are the wealthy and influential members of the Jewish community who were exploiting their fellow Jews by charging excessive interest and taking their lands and properties as collateral. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_oppressed_jews.htm">The Oppressed Jews</a> These are the poorer members of the Jewish community who had to mortgage their fields, vineyards, and homes to buy grain during a famine and pay taxes to the king. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events take place, significant as the center of Jewish life and worship, and the focus of Nehemiah's rebuilding efforts. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_restitution.htm">The Event of Restitution</a> Nehemiah's call for the nobles and officials to restore the properties and stop charging usury marks a pivotal moment of social justice and reform.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_repentance.htm">Restoration and Repentance</a> Nehemiah's demand for the restoration of properties and cessation of usury is a call to repentance and righting wrongs. Believers are encouraged to examine their own lives for areas where they may need to make restitution or seek forgiveness. <a href="/topical/s/social_justice_and_compassion.htm">Social Justice and Compassion</a> The passage highlights the importance of social justice and compassion within the community of faith. Christians are called to advocate for the oppressed and ensure fair treatment for all. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a> Nehemiah's leadership demonstrates the importance of holding others accountable to God's standards. Leaders in the church and community should be courageous in addressing injustices and leading by example. <a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_stewardship.htm">Generosity and Stewardship</a> The call to restore what was taken unjustly encourages believers to practice generosity and wise stewardship of resources, recognizing that all we have is ultimately God's. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The restoration of properties and cessation of usury helped to restore unity among the Israelites. Believers are reminded of the importance of maintaining unity and supporting one another in the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 5</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_nehemiah_5_7's_contradiction.htm">Nehemiah 5:7 suggests interest-taking was widespread despite Mosaic Law prohibitions (e.g., Exodus 22:25); how can this contradiction be reconciled?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_there_no_evidence_of_nehemiah's_famine.htm">In Nehemiah 5:3, how could a widespread famine have occurred without more historical or archaeological evidence supporting such socio-economic turmoil in Jerusalem at that time?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_records_of_jewish_servitude.htm">In Nehemiah 5:4-5, why do no contemporary records outside the Bible mention Jewish families losing their children to servitude under Persian rule?</a> <a href="/q/proof_israelites_inherited_cities_vineyards.htm">Joshua 24:13 - Is there any archaeological proof supporting the idea that the Israelites inherited cities and vineyards they did not build or plant?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Also the hundredth part of the money.--The monthly payment of one per cent. per month, twelve per cent. in the year, they were required to give up for the future.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Restore, I pray you, etc. Nay, more. Let us not only give up this practice in the future, but let us remedy its evils in the past. You are in possession of lands and houses that have become yours through these mortgages, and you have received a heavy interest on the sums of money, or on the corn, wine, and oil that you have advanced. I bid you restore it all. Give back at once the houses and the lands that you will in any case have to restore in the year of jubilee. Give back the interest that you have illegally taken, and so, as far as is possible, undo the past; make restitution of your ill-gotten gains, relinquish even your legal rights, and become self-denying patriots, instead of tyrants and oppressors. <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Please נָ֨א (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' restore הָשִׁיבוּ֩ (hā·šî·ḇū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to them לָהֶ֜ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> immediately כְּהַיּ֗וֹם (kə·hay·yō·wm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day their fields, שְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛ם (śə·ḏō·ṯê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land vineyards, כַּרְמֵיהֶ֥ם (kar·mê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> A garden, vineyard olive groves, זֵיתֵיהֶ֖ם (zê·ṯê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2132.htm">Strong's 2132: </a> An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry and houses, וּבָתֵּיהֶ֑ם (ū·ḇāt·tê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house along with the percentage וּמְאַ֨ת (ū·mə·’aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred of the money, הַכֶּ֤סֶף (hak·ke·sep̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money grain, וְהַדָּגָן֙ (wə·had·dā·ḡān) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1715.htm">Strong's 1715: </a> Corn, grain (of cereals) new wine, הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ (hat·tî·rō·wōš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8492.htm">Strong's 8492: </a> Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine and olive oil וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר (wə·hay·yiṣ·hār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3323.htm">Strong's 3323: </a> Oil, anointing that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you אַתֶּ֖ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you have been assessing נֹשִׁ֥ים (nō·šîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5383.htm">Strong's 5383: </a> To lend, borrow on security, interest them.” בָּהֶֽם׃ (bā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Nehemiah 5:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 5:11 Please restore to them even this day (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 5:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 5:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/5-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 5:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 5:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>