Nehemiah 5
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Nehemiah 5:14-18

14Moreover from the timeH3117 that I was appointedH6680 to be their governorH6346 in the landH776 of JudahH3063, from the twentiethH6242 yearH8141 even to the twoH8147 and thirtiethH7970 yearH8141 of ArtaxerxesH783 the kingH4428, that is, twelveH8147H6240 yearsH8141, I and my brethrenH251 have not eatenH398 the breadH3899 of the governorH6346. 15But the formerH7223 governorsH6346 that had been beforeH6440 me had laid a burdenH3513 upon the peopleH5971, and had takenH3947 of them foodH3899 and wineH3196, besidesH310 fortyH705 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701; yea, evenH1571 their servantsH5288 bore ruleH7980 over the peopleH5971: but so didH6213 not I, becauseH6440 of the fearH3374 of GodH430. 16Yea, also I continuedH2388 in the workH4399 of this wallH2346, neither boughtH7069 we any landH7704: and all my servantsH5288 were gatheredH6908 there to the workH4399. 17Moreover there were at my tableH7979 an hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572H376 of the JewsH3064 and rulersH5461, besides those that cameH935 to us from among the heathenH1471 that were about usH5439. 18Now that which was preparedH6213 for me dailyH3117 was oneH259 oxH7794 and sixH8337 choiceH1305 sheepH6629; also fowlsH6833 were preparedH6213 for me, and once in tenH6235 daysH3117 an abundanceH7235 of all sorts of wineH3196: yet for allH5973 this I requiredH1245 not the foodH3899 of the governorH6346, because the bondageH5656 was heavyH3513 upon this peopleH5971.

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