Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Nehemiah 5:11
Also the hundredth part of the money. — The monthly payment of one per cent. per month, twelve per cent. in the year, they were required to give up for the future.
Also the hundredth part of the money. — The monthly payment of one per cent. per month, twelve per cent. in the year, they were required to give up for the future.
Verse Nehemiah 5:11. _ALSO THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY_] _Houbigant_ contends, 1. That the word מאת _meath_, which _we_ and the _Vulgate_ translate one _hundredth_ part, never means so anywhere;...
THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY ... - i. e. the interest. It is conjectured that the 100th part was payable monthly, or, in other words, that interest was taken at the rate of twelve per cent. The Law...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The complaint of oppression (Nehemiah 5:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's rebuke and demands (Nehemiah 5:6) 3. Nehemiah's generosity (Nehemiah 5:14)...
DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWS. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1 deals with the economic straits to which the Jews...
THE HUNDREDTH PART. Paid at one per cent, per month, as was the custom; it was twelve per cent, per annum. THE WINE. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Syriac, read "and the new wine"....
_Restore, I pray you_, &c. On -I pray you" see note on Nehemiah 5:10. Nehemiah demands immediate redress for the wrongs done to fellow-countrymen. He demands restoration of property and remission of i...
ALSO THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY— _And also a part of his money._ Houbigant....
2. Nehemiah protests, and offers a solution. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:6-13 6 Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 7 And I consulted with myself, and contended with the nob...
_RESTORE, I PRAY YOU, TO THEM, EVEN THIS DAY, THEIR LANDS, THEIR VINEYARDS, THEIR OLIVEYARDS, AND THEIR HOUSES, ALSO THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY, AND OF THE CORN, THE WINE, AND THE OIL, THAT YE EX...
5:11 day (b-9) Or 'at once.'...
THEIR LANDS, etc] These had been given in pledge, and, if unredeemed, were retained by the creditor. THE HUNDREDTH _part_] usually regarded as one per cent, a month, and so equivalent to twelve per ce...
NEHEMIAH'S MEASURES IN ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuitously...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 5 V1 At this time, some men and their wives became angry. They complained about some other *Jews. V2 Th...
Nehemiah and his companions had also lent money and grain to the poor people. But Nehemiah and his companions had not charged the people money for the loans. Nehemiah had obeyed God’s command and he w...
הָשִׁיבוּ֩ נָ֨א לָהֶ֜ם כְּ הַ יֹּ֗ום שְׂדֹתֵי
USURY Nehemiah 5:1 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the prosecut...
SECURING JUSTICE FOR THE POOR Nehemiah 5:1 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6. They had mortgaged...
A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them....
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, (l) that...
_For them, to the Persian governors, ver. 14. (Haydock) --- Nehemias remits this pension, which was before paid by the people, and exacted by the rich. (Wolphius) --- Du Moulin asserts that there is n...
(6) В¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. (7) Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brot...
Liberty or Bondage? I. INTRODUCTION A. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 1. 1 Corinthia...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye e...
_Restore their land_, &c. Give them up their mortgages, put them again in possession of their estates, remit the interest, and give them time to pay the principal. _I pray you_ Though he had authority...
1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, morgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hosp...
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, everything that had been taken as security, ALSO THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY AND OF...
THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...
THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilty of...
6-13 Nehemiah knew that, if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The right way to reform men's lives, is to convince th...
ALSO THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY; also require not; which is to be supplied out of the next verse, where it is expressed in their answer to and grant of this desire. _The hundredth part_; which th...
Nehemiah 5:11 Restore H7725 (H8685) day H3117 lands H7704 vineyards H3754 groves H2132 houses H1004 hundredth H3967
NEHEMIAH EXPRESSES HIS ANGER, ADMITS HIS OWN PART IN CAUSING THE PROBLEM, AND PROPOUNDS A SOLUTION (NEHEMIAH 5:6). When Nehemiah heard their pleas, he was angry, both with himself and with others. He...
ONE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCE OF THE CONCENTRATION ON THE BUILDING OF THE WALL PROVES NEHEMIAH'S WORTH (NEHEMIAH 5:1). Nehemiah is now revealed, not only as a great leader, but as a man of compassion. Li...
CONTENTS: Opposition by greed and heartlessness. Nehemiah's example of unselfishness. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing exposes Christianity more to the reproaches of its enemies than t...
Nehemiah 5:3. _Because of the dearth,_ specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9. Nehemiah 5:5. We bring into bondage our sons a...
_And there was a great cry of the people._ THE FRIEND OF THE POOR I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffering...
NEHEMIAH 5:1 Nehemiah Deals with Injustices in the Community; Nehemiah’s Personal Contribution to the Project. Nehemiah takes measures to end the exploitation of the weak in the community by its power...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:11 RETURN... THEIR FIELDS. This commands returning the illegitimately seized interest, but it also seems to order a return of the items pledged to secure the loans. This go...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 5:1. AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN] _i. e._ the richer portion (Nehemiah 5:7). NEHEMIAH 5:2. THERE WERE THAT SAID] Keil divides into three classes. (_a_) The workers, who had no...
EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES, AND NEHEMIAH'S MODE OF MEETING THEM (Nehemiah 5:1). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in direct connection with the emp...
Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within. If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest...
1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 12:6; Isaiah 58:6; Leviticus 6:4; Leviticus 6:5
Also — Also require not: which is to be supplied out of the next verse, where it is expressed in their grant of this desire. Hundredth part — Which they required every month for the use of their monie...