Neh 5:2 | TNotes | STEP | 5:2 Some farmers had diverted their efforts from raising crops to building the wall, leaving their large families in need of food to survive . Someone had to feed their families, or they would have to stop work on the wall and go home to work in their fields.

‏ Nehemiah 5:2

5:2 ^a Some farmers had diverted their efforts from raising crops to building the wall, leaving their large families in need of food to survive. Someone had to feed their families, or they would have to stop work on the wall and go home to work in their fields.