I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.

Might exact. —We have lent them money and corn. By his own example the governor pleads with them: not let us leave of…

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of
them money and corn
For …

Nehemiah knew that if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The righ…