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15 But the governors who ruled before me made life hard for the people. The governors forced everyone to pay 1 pound[a] of silver. They also made the people give them food and wine. The leaders under these governors also ruled over the people and made life even harder. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that. 16 I worked hard at building the wall of Jerusalem. All my men gathered there to work on the wall. We didn’t take any land from anyone.

17 Also, I regularly fed 150 Jews who were always welcome at my table, and I fed those who came to us from the nations around us.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15 1 pound Literally, “40 shekels” (460 g).

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