a great cry: Exodus 3:7, Exodus 22:25-27; Job 31:38-39, Job 34:28; Isaiah 5:7; Luke 18:7; James 5:4
their brethren: Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 15:7-11; Acts 7:26; 1 Corinthians 6:6-8
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Nehemiah 5:1
Nehemiah 5:1
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