Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 5:5

Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 5:5 - 5:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Nehemiah 5:5 - 5:5

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Our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren; we are of the same nature, and nation, and religion with them although they treat us as if we were beasts or heathens, forgetting both humanity and God’s law, Deu_15:7.

We bring into bondage; we are compelled to sell them for our subsistence.

Our sons and our daughters; which was an evidence of their great necessity, because their daughters were more tender, and weak, and unfit for bond-service, and more exposed to injuries, than their sons.

Neither is it in our power to redeem them; which we are allowed to do, Exo_21:7, but have not wherewith to do it.