Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The power of a father to sell his daughter into slavery is expressly mentioned in the Law Exodus 21:7. The power to sell a son appears from this passage. In either case, the sale held good for only six years, or until the next year of jubilee (see the marginal references).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 5:5:
Nehemiah 5:2
Proverbs 6:1
Isaiah 5:8
Isaiah 50:1
Amos 2:4
Amos 2:6
Zechariah 8:10
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