Nehemiah 5:3

There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine."

Genesis 47:15-25

And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone."

Leviticus 25:35-39

"If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.

Deuteronomy 15:7

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

Malachi 3:8-11

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Because

General references

Bible References

Mortgaged

Genesis 47:15
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone."
Leviticus 25:35
"If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.
Deuteronomy 15:7
"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

Because

Malachi 3:8
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.

General references

Exodus 22:25
"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Amos 8:6
that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?"

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