Nehemiah 5:2
They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
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1Around this time some people and their wives started a tremendous argument with the other Jews.
Cross References
Genesis 42:2I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're going to die!”
Genesis 47:19Do you want us to die right in front of you? So buy us and our land in return for food. Then our land will belong to Pharaoh, and we'll be his slaves. Just give us grain so we can live and won't die, and so the land won't be abandoned.”
Psalms 128:2You will eat what your own hands have produced. You will be happy and do well.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:2-6
The Complaints of the Poor. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 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. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5… Read the whole commentary →