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But let us stop charging interest!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I likewise, <i>and</i> my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I also, <i>with</i> my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let’s do without this interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And likewise I, my brothers and my servants, are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And likewise I, my brothers, and my young men are lending them money and grain. Please, let us forsake this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let’s stop charging this interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My relatives, my friends, and I are also lending money and grain, but we must no longer demand payment in return. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and corn on usury. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My brothers, my servants, and I are lending money and grain to the poor. But we must stop charging them interest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'm also lending money and grain, as are my fellow-Jews and my servants, but let's not charge interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I likewise, my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leave off this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also I, my brethren and my young men exacting upon them silver and grain: we will leave off now this debt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn to many: let us all agree not to call for it again; let us forgive the debt that is owing to us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Both I and my brothers, with my servants, have lent money and grain to many. Let us agree not to ask for its return. Let us forgive the other money that is owed to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I myself, my kindred, and my attendants have lent the people money and grain without charge. Let us put an end to this usury!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this taking of interest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I, likewise, and my sons and my brothers will take money, and will buy grain and will remit the debts of the poor who are among us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also I and my sons and my brethren will take money, we will sell grain and we shall release the poor who are among our people.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=1112" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/5.htm">Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies? <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">as well as</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’a·ḥay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">my brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: ū·nə·‘ā·ray (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">and my servants,</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 lending</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">money</a> <a href="/hebrew/1715.htm" title="1715: wə·ḏā·ḡān (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Corn, grain (of cereals). From dagah; properly, increase, i.e. Grain.">and grain.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">Please,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: na·‘az·ḇāh- (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">let us stop</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4855.htm" title="4855: ham·maš·šā (Art:: N-ms) -- Lending on interest, usury. From nashah; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt.">usury.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19-20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Psalm 15:5</a></span><br />who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-8.htm">Proverbs 28:8</a></span><br />He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm">Ezekiel 18:8</a></span><br />He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Ezekiel 18:13</a></span><br />He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Ezekiel 18:17</a></span><br />He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm">Matthew 5:42</a></span><br />Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-35</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a></span><br />Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Luke 16:9</a></span><br />I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-13.htm">Romans 12:13</a></span><br />Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a></span><br />For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I likewise, and my brothers, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.</p><p class="hdg">I likewise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a></b></br> Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/3-13.htm">Luke 3:13,14</a></b></br> And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm">1 Corinthians 9:12-18</a></b></br> If others be partakers of <i>this</i> power over you, <i>are</i> not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ… </p><p class="hdg">I pray you</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">2 Corinthians 5:11,20</a></b></br> Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">2 Corinthians 6:1</a></b></br> We then, <i>as</i> workers together <i>with him</i>, beseech <i>you</i> also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philemon/1-8.htm">Philemon 1:8,9</a></b></br> Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, … </p><p class="hdg">leave</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Nehemiah 5:7</a></b></br> Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25-27</a></b></br> If thou lend money to <i>any of</i> my people <i>that is</i> poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Psalm 15:5</a></b></br> <i>He that</i> putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these <i>things</i> shall never be moved.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Exacting</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Exaction</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-28.htm">Lent</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-22.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-4.htm">Money</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-26.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-7.htm">Please</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-5.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/ezra/8-33.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-11.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-7.htm">Usury</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Exact</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Exacting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Exaction</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Interest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Lent</a> <a href="/esther/1-18.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Money</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Please</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm">Usury</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-6.htm">Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain.</b><br>Nehemiah identifies himself with the community, showing leadership by example. Lending money and grain was a common practice in ancient Israel, especially during times of economic hardship. The Law of Moses allowed lending but prohibited charging interest to fellow Israelites (<a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Exodus 22:25</a>, <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35-37</a>). Nehemiah's mention of his brothers and servants indicates a collective responsibility among the leaders and those in authority. This reflects the communal nature of Israelite society, where family and household units were integral to social and economic structures. The practice of lending grain is significant, as grain was a staple food and a form of currency in the ancient Near East, highlighting the severity of the famine and economic distress faced by the people (<a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Nehemiah 5:3</a>).<p><b>Please, let us stop this usury.</b><br>Nehemiah calls for an end to usury, which is the practice of charging excessive interest on loans. This plea aligns with the biblical injunctions against usury among Israelites, emphasizing justice and compassion (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Deuteronomy 23:19-20</a>). The historical context reveals that returning exiles faced economic challenges, including rebuilding efforts and external threats, which exacerbated financial burdens. Nehemiah's appeal is a call to return to covenantal faithfulness and social justice, reflecting the prophetic tradition that condemns exploitation and advocates for the poor (<a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a>, <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-7</a>). This moment foreshadows the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized mercy, generosity, and the care for the needy (<a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-36</a>). Nehemiah's leadership here is a type of Christ, demonstrating sacrificial concern for the well-being of others and a commitment to righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a></b><br>The central figure in the book, Nehemiah was a Jewish leader and cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes. He led the effort to rebuild Jerusalem's walls and addressed social injustices among the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jewish_people.htm">The Jewish People</a></b><br>The community in Jerusalem, including those who were impoverished and oppressed by their fellow Jews through usury and exploitation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wealthy_jews.htm">The Wealthy Jews</a></b><br>These were the nobles and officials who were lending money and grain to their fellow Jews but charging interest, contrary to the Mosaic Law.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where these events took place, specifically during the time of the rebuilding of its walls after the Babylonian exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_usury.htm">The Event of Usury</a></b><br>The practice of charging interest on loans, which was causing significant social and economic distress among the Jewish community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_compassionate_lending.htm">The Call to Compassionate Lending</a></b><br>Nehemiah's example teaches us the importance of compassion and fairness in financial dealings, especially within the community of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_exploitation.htm">The Dangers of Exploitation</a></b><br>Charging interest to those in need can lead to exploitation and division. Christians are called to support and uplift one another, not to take advantage of each other's hardships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a></b><br>Nehemiah demonstrates godly leadership by addressing injustice directly and calling for repentance and change. Leaders today should also be willing to confront wrongdoing and guide others toward righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_support.htm">The Importance of Community Support</a></b><br>The Jewish community was strengthened when they supported each other without seeking personal gain. Similarly, the church today should be a place of mutual aid and encouragement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites were reminded of God's laws regarding usury. Christians are likewise called to live in obedience to God's Word, reflecting His character in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_numbers_are_accurate__nehemiah_or_ezra.htm">If the numbers in Nehemiah 7 differ from parallel lists in Ezra, which set of figures is historically accurate, and why do they conflict?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_leaders_lived_austerely.htm">Nehemiah 5:14-15 depicts Nehemiah refusing the governor's allowance yet sustaining a large household; is there any historical proof that a leader could live so austerely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_usury.htm">What is the Bible's stance on usury?</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>(10) <span class= "bld">Might exact.</span>--We <span class= "ital">have lent them money and corn.</span> By his own example the governor pleads with them: not "let us leave off this usury," but let us all and together "remit the loans."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I likewise... might exact of them</span>. Rather, "have lent them." I and mine have advanced to the poorer classes, in this period of their distress, <span class="cmt_word">money and corn</span>; but not as you have, not upon security. Let us then, all of us, you as well as I, henceforth relinquish this practice of mortgaging and pledge-taking. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well as</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my servants,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְעָרַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·‘ā·ray)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have been lending</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹשִׁ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(nō·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5383.htm">Strong's 5383: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lend, borrow on security, interest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the people]</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">money</span><br /><span class="heb">כֶּ֣סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and grain.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדָגָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏā·ḡān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1715.htm">Strong's 1715: </a> </span><span class="str2">Corn, grain (of cereals)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Please,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָּ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let us stop</span><br /><span class="heb">נַֽעַזְבָה־</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘az·ḇāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">usury.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּשָּׁ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(ham·maš·šā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4855.htm">Strong's 4855: </a> </span><span class="str2">A loan, interest on a, debt</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/5-10.htm">Nehemiah 5:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/5-10.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 5:10 I likewise my brothers and my servants (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/5-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 5:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 5:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/5-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 5:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 5:11" /></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>