Nehemiah 5:14-16
International Standard Version
Nehemiah Refuses the Governor’s Allotment
14 In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, during the twelve years from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes), neither I nor my relatives relied on the provisions[a] allotted to the governor. 15 Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of[b] 40 shekels[c] of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God.
16 Also, as I continued to work on the wall, we purchased no land, and all of my young men were employed in the work.
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- Nehemiah 5:14 Lit. have eaten the bread
- Nehemiah 5:15 The Heb. lacks a tax of
- Nehemiah 5:15 I.e. about a pound; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
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