We after: Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:29; 2 Corinthians 8:12; Galatians 6:10
redeemed: Leviticus 25:47-49
sell your: Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7
shall they: Romans 14:15; 1 Corinthians 8:11
held: Job 29:10, Job 32:15; Matthew 22:12; Romans 3:19
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Nehemiah 5:8
Nehemiah 5:8
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INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES, AND NEHEMIAH'S MODE OF MEETING THEM (Nehemiah 5:1-13). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in direct connection with the employment of the…Nehemiah 5:1-13Nehemiah 5:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryExtortion rebuked.
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