11 Please, give back to them this very 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 are exacting from them.” 12 Then they said, “We (A)will give it back and (B)will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and (C)took an oath from them that they would do according to this [a]promise. 13 I (D)also shook out the [b]front of my garment and said, “Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this [c]promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And (E)all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this [d]promise.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:12 Lit word
  2. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit bosom
  3. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word
  4. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word

11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest(A) you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath(B) to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook(C) out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!”

At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,”(D) and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

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