Nehemiah 5:11 (KJV)
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RestoreI pray you to them even this daytheir landstheir vineyardstheir oliveyardsand their housesalso the hundredthpart of the moneyand of the cornthe wineand the oilthat ye exactof them
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Restore. Le 6:4 Le 6:5 1Sa 12:3 2Sa 12:6 Isa 58:6 Lu 3:8
the hundredth.This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to about 12 per cent. Another author states that this is the lowest rate of interest in Syria: the usual rate is 20; and it is sometimes as high as 30 per cent.
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