Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Nehemiah Chapter 5
Overview
Neh 5:1, The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage; Neh 5:6, Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution; Neh 5:14, He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
a great cry: Exo 3:7, Exo 22:25-27; Job 31:38, Job 31:39, Job 34:28; Isa 5:7; Luk 18:7; Jam 5:4
their brethren: Lev 25:35-37; Deu 15:7-11; Act 7:26; Co1 6:6-8
our sons: Psa 127:3-5, Psa 128:2-4; Mal 2:2
we take up corn: Gen 41:57, Gen 42:2, Gen 43:8
mortgaged: Gen 47:15-25; Lev 25:35-39; Deu 15:7
because: Mal 3:8-11
the king's tribute: Neh 9:37; Deu 28:47, Deu 28:48; Jos 16:10; Kg1 9:21; Ezr 4:13, Ezr 4:20
our flesh: Gen 37:27; Isa 58:7; Jam 2:5, Jam 2:6
we: Exo 21:1-11; Lev 25:39-43; Kg2 4:1; Mat 18:25
Neh 13:8, Neh 13:25; Exo 11:8; Num 16:15; Mar 3:5; Eph 4:26
I consulted with myself: Heb. my heart consulted in me, Psa 4:4, Psa 27:8
I rebuked: Lev 19:15; Ch2 19:6, Ch2 19:7; Psa 82:1-4; Pro 27:5; Co2 5:16; Gal 2:11; Ti1 5:20; Tit 2:15
Ye exact usury: Exo 22:25; Lev 25:36; Deu 15:2, Deu 15:3, Deu 23:19, Deu 23:20, Deu 24:10-13; Psa 15:1, Psa 15:5; Eze 22:12, Eze 45:9
I set a great assembly: Ch2 28:9-13; Mat 18:17
We after: Mat 25:15, Mat 25:29; Co2 8:12; Gal 6:10
redeemed: Lev 25:47-49
sell your: Exo 21:16; Deu 24:7
shall they: Rom 14:15; Co1 8:11
held: Job 29:10, Job 32:15; Mat 22:12; Rom 3:19
It is not: Sa1 2:24; Pro 16:29, Pro 17:26, Pro 18:5, Pro 19:2, Pro 24:23
walk: Neh 5:15; Gen 20:11, Gen 42:18; Lev 25:36; Act 9:31
reproach: Gen 13:7, Gen 13:8; Sa2 12:14; Eze 36:20; Rom 2:24; Ti1 5:14; Tit 2:5; Pe1 2:12
I likewise: Mic 2:1; Luk 3:13, Luk 3:14; Co1 9:12-18
I pray you: Co2 5:11, Co2 5:20, Co2 6:1; Plm 1:8, Plm 1:9
leave: Neh 5:7; Exo 22:25-27; Psa 15:5; Eze 18:8, Eze 18:13
Restore: Lev 6:4, Lev 6:5; Sa1 12:3; Sa2 12:6; Isa 58:6; Luk 3:8
the hundredth: This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to about 12 percent. Another author states that this is the lowest rate of interest in Syria. the usual rate is 20; and it is sometimes as high as 30 percent.
We will restore: Ch2 28:14, Ch2 28:15; Ezr 10:12; Mat 19:21, Mat 19:22; Luk 19:8
I called: Neh 10:29, Neh 13:25; Kg2 23:2, Kg2 23:3; Ch2 6:22, Ch2 6:23, Ch2 15:13, Ch2 15:14; Ezr 10:5; Jer 34:8-10; Mat 26:63
I shook my lap: So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war." - Livy. Mat 10:14; Act 13:51, Act 18:6
So God: Sa1 15:28; Kg1 11:29-31; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4
emptied: Heb. empty, or void
Amen: Num 5:22; Deu 27:14-26
praised: Ch1 16:36
the people: Kg2 23:3; Psa 50:14, Psa 76:11, Psa 119:106; Ecc 5:5
from the twentieth: Neh 2:1, Neh 13:6
I and my: Co1 9:4-15, Co1 9:18; Th2 3:8, Th2 3:9
the bread: Ezr 4:13, Ezr 4:14; Rom 13:6, Rom 13:7
even their: Sa1 2:15-17, Sa1 8:15; Pro 29:12
so did: Mat 5:47; Co2 11:9, Co2 12:13
because: Neh 5:9; Job 31:23; Psa 112:1, Psa 147:11; Pro 16:6; Ecc 12:13, Ecc 12:14; Isa 50:10; Luk 18:2-4
I continued: Luk 8:15; Rom 2:7; Co1 15:58; Gal 6:9
neither bought: Num 16:15; Act 20:33-35; Th1 2:5, Th1 2:6
all my: Co2 12:16-18; Phi 2:20, Phi 2:21
Moreover: He kept open house, and entertained all comers; besides having 150; Jews, who had their food constantly at his table, and at his expense.
at my table: Sa2 9:7, Sa2 9:13; Kg1 18:19
an hundred: Isa 32:8; Rom 12:13; Pe1 4:9, Pe1 4:10
one ox: This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Bp. Pococke says that the bey of Tunis had daily twelve sheep, with fish and fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, etc., etc. His nobles dined with him; after they had done, the servants sat down; and when they had finished, the poor took what was left. Here the bey's twelve sheep are equal to Nehemiah's one ox and six choice sheep; and probably the mode of living between the two was nearly alike. It is still the practice in the East to calculate the expenses of the table, not by the money paid, but by the provisions consumed by the guests.
because the bondage: Psa 37:21, Psa 37:26
Think: Neh 13:14, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:31; Gen 40:14; Psa 25:6, Psa 25:7, Psa 40:17, Psa 106:4; Jer 29:11
according to: Psa 18:23-25; Mat 10:42, Mat 25:34-40; Mar 9:41