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John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 5:4

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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There were also that said, etc.] Who though they were able to buy corn for their families without mortgaging their estates: yet, say they, we have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards; for though the priests, Levites, and Nethinims, were exempted from it, yet not the people in common; and some of these were so poor, that they could not pay it without borrowing upon their estates, and paying large usury for it, (see <150608>Ezra 6:8 7:24)
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