Neh 5:7, 15 | ESV | STEP | I took counsel with myself , and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials . I said to them, You are exacting interest , each from his brother . And I held a great assembly against them

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

Nehemiah 5:7

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

Nehemiah 5:15

15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ^{▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward} forty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^dbecause of the fear of God.