Nehemiah 5:3
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine."
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Nehemiah 5:2
Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain to eat and live."

Nehemiah 5:4
Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

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Genesis 47:15-25
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!" . . .

Leviticus 25:35-39
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, you are to help him like a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. . . .

Deuteronomy 15:7
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

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Malachi 3:8-11
"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!" You ask, "How do we rob You?" "In tithes and offerings. . . .

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