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Nehemiah 5:18

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Bible Versions

Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Now that which was prepared {H6213} for me daily {H3117} was one {H259} ox {H7794} and six {H8337} choice {H1305} sheep {H6629}; also fowls {H6833} were prepared {H6213} for me, and once in ten {H6235} days {H3117} store {H7235} of all sorts of wine {H3196}: yet for all {H5973} this required {H1245} not I the bread {H3899} of the governor {H6346}, because the bondage {H5656} was heavy {H3513} upon this people {H5971}.
Every day one ox, six choice sheep, and fowl were prepared for me, and every ten days a supply of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of all this, I never claimed the governor's allowance, because the people were already bearing the heavy burden of their labor.
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Note: Commentary is generated by AI with a directive for Biblical fidelity. Always rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • 1 Kings 4:22

    And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
  • 1 Kings 4:23

    Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
  • Psalms 37:21

    ¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
  • Psalms 37:26

    [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.
  • Nehemiah 5:14

    ¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
  • Nehemiah 5:15

    But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
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