Story · 12 · Nehemiah
Halfway up the wall, an outcry
Midway through construction, poor families protested: they were mortgaging fields and selling children into debt slavery to their own wealthy kin.
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Furious, Nehemiah took the nobles to court and made them cancel the debts, reminding them that all Judeans are kin. The building project became the foundation for social and economic reform.
Bible reference: Nehemiah 5:1–13
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 196–197
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