Nehemiah 5:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The hundredth part of the money ... - that is, the interest. It is conjectured that the 100th part was payable monthly, or, in other words, …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Also the hundredth part of the money. —The monthly payment of one percent per month, twelve percent per year, they were required t…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Restore, I pray you, even this day, their lands, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…

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