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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 5:10 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ne 5:10	King James	I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Brethren - In office; these who are employed with me in the government of this people. Servants - In my name, and for my use. Exact - As a just recompense for our pains and care for the publick good, to which we wholly devote ourselves, even to the neglect of all our private concerns. But I freely remit my own right, and therefore you also ought to do so, seeing I lay no burden upon you, but what I am willing to bear a part of upon my own shoulders.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Brethren - In office; these who are employed with me in the government of this people. Servants - In my name, and for my use. Exact - As a just recompense for our pains and care for the publick good, to which we wholly devote ourselves, even to the neglect of all our private concerns. But I freely remit my own right, and therefore you also ought to do so, seeing I lay no burden upon you, but what I am willing to bear a part of upon my own shoulders.

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