Neh 5:5, 7 | ESV | STEP | Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers , our children are as their children . Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves , and some of our daughters have already been enslaved , but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards .

c[Ex. 22:25; Lev. 25:36; Ps. 15:5; Ezek. 22:12]

Nehemiah 5:5

5 Now ^aour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet ^bwe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Nehemiah 5:7

7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, ^c“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them