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Nehemiah 5:16

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Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

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Nehemiah 5:16 in other translations

Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.

Nehemiah 5:16 · World English Bible

Nehemiah 5:16 in context

  1. 14Moreover 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.
  2. 15But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
  3. 16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
  4. 17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.
  5. 18Now 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.