Nehemiah 5:11
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then said they, we will restore them,.... The lands, vineyards, oliveyards, and houses:
and will require nothing of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The hundredth part of the money ... - i. e. the interest. It is conjectured that the 100th part was payable monthly, or,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Also the hundredth part of the money - Houbigant contends,
1. That the word מאת meath, which we and the Vulgate…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 5:6-13
It should seem the foregoing complaint was made to Nehemiah at the time when he had his head and hands as full as…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Restore, I pray you, &c. On -I pray you" see note on Neh 5:10. Nehemiah demands immediate redress for the wrongs done to…
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