Nehemiah 5:6

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

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children . sons. lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words, since these conditions were strictly against the Law of Jehovah, Exodus 22:25-27 .
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 4:26 ; Exodus 11:8 ; Mark 3:5 ; Nehemiah 13:25 ; Nehemiah 13:8 ; Numbers 16:15

⁶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 5:6