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Why did the men and their wives raise an outcry against their Jewish brothers (Neh 5:1f)?
A. They needed more water for their fields
B. They needed to get grain for food
C. They needed land to farm
D. They were put outside the city walls
B. They needed to get grain for food
Why were the people mortgaging their fields (Neh 5:3)?
A. Because the wealthy were buying them up
B. Because they had no homes to live in
C. Because they needed to purchase grain
D. Because they were outside the walls of Jerusalem
C. Because they needed to purchase grain
The poor people had to mortgage all of the following EXCEPT (Neh 5:3)
A. Their wells
B. Their fields
C. Their vineyards
D. Their Homes
A. Their wells
Why did the poor people not have grain (Neh 5:3)?
A. Because their fields had been burned by Sanballat and Tobiah
B. Because they could not farm outside the city walls
C. Because there was a famine
D. Because the Egyptian had stolen all their food
C. Because there was a famine
hat did some of the poor have to do in order to pay the knig's tax (Neh 5:4f)?
A. Cut down the trees on their land
B. Sell all their grain to the king
C. Give up the inheritance of their fathers
D. Sell their children into slavery
D. Sell their children into slavery
Why were the poor people powerless to stop their children from being enslaved (Neh 5:5)?
A. Because Tobiah had taken all their money
B. Because all their money was spent rebuilding the walls
C. Because their fields and vineyards belonged to others
D. Because they had no spears and swords
C. Because their fields and vineyards belonged to others
Why was Nehemiah angry at the nobles and officials (Neh 5:7)?
A. Because they had no compassion and generousity toward the poor
B. Because they were exacting usury from their own countrymen
C. Because they failed to protect the poor
D. Because they were robbing the lands of the poor
B. Because they were exacting usury from their own countrymen
What was Nehemiah's response to the outcry of the poor (Neh 5:6)?
A. He wept
B. He tore his clothes
C. He was angry
D. He set up courts to give them justice
C. He was angry
From whom did Nehemiah say the nobles had bought back their Jewish brothers (Neh 5:8)?
A. Sanballat
B. The Ammonites
C. The Persians
D. The Gentiles
D. The Gentiles
What was the nobles response to Nehemiah's accusations of their enslaving their brothers (Neh 5:8)?
A. They were silent having nothing to say
B. They walked out of Nehemiah's presence
C. They shouted at Nehemiah in anger
D. They tore their robes and put dust on their heads
A. They were silent having nothing to say
In what did Nehemiah say the nobles should walk (Neh 5:9)?
A. The Law of the Lord
B. Ways of righteousness
C. In the fear of our God
D. With compassion on the poor
C. In the fear of our God
What did Nehemiah do to show the nobles an example of what they should have done (Neh 5:10)?
A. Inviting them into his home and feeding them
B. Lending them money and grain without usury
C. Helping them build the walls
D. Giving them homes and land
B. Lending them money and grain without usury
What amount of usury were the nobles to return to the poor people that they had exacted from them (Neh 5:11)?
A. A tenth
B. Five percent
C. One shekel for the temple tax
D. One hundredth
D. One hundredth
Nehemiah told the nobles to give back to the poor all of the following EXCEPT (Neh 5:11)
A. Their fields
B. Their vineyards
C. Their wells
D. Their olive groves
E. Their homes
C. Their wells
What was the response of the nobles to Nehemiah's demand that they return the fields that they had taken/bought from the poor (Neh 5:12)?
A. They agreed to his request
B. They rejected his request
C. They asked for a delay in implementing it
D. They denied having taken the fields of the poor
A. They agreed to his request
Who did Nehemiah summon in order for the nobles to take an oath (Neh 5:12)?
A. The prophets
B. The governor
C. The king's representative
D. The priests
D. The priests
What did Nehemiah do as a curse sign when the nobles were taking their oath to help the poor (Neh 5:13)?
A. He put dust on his head
B. He broke a pot in front the nobles
C. He dug a pit in the ground
D. He shook out the folds of his robe
D. He shook out the folds of his robe
What did Nehemiah shaking the folds out of his robe symbolize as a sign act (Neh 5:13)?
A. God would shake the dust off his feet and reject them
B. God would shake out the possessions of anyone not keeping his promise
C. God would bring dust on the heads of anyone who harmed the poor
D. The person breaking his promise would have no clothes left to shake
B. God would shake out the possessions of anyone not keeping his promise
After Nehemiah made the nobles make an oath about helping the poor how did the whole assembly respond (Neh 5:13)?
A. As you have said so we will do
B. They offered sacrifices to the Lord
C. They said, "Amen"
D. They cut their hair in a vow
C. They said, "Amen"