King James Version
Nehemiah 5:2 KJV
“For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.”
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Nehemiah 5 — Context
Nehemiah 5:1 — “And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.”
Nehemiah 5:2 — “For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.”
Nehemiah 5:3 — “Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of t...”