Nehemiah 5:14-18

14Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from 1the twentieth year to the 2thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my 3kinsmen have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

15But the former governors who were before me 4laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so 5because of the fear of God.

16I also 6applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

17Moreover, 7there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

18Now 8that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this 9I did not demand the governor’s food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people.