15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but (A)I did not do so, because of the (B)fear of God. 16 Indeed, I also continued the (C)work on this wall, and [a]we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:16 So with MT; LXX, Syr., Vg. I

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