Neh 5:14-19 | ESV | STEP | Moreover , from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah , from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king , twelve years , neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor .

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Nehemiah 5:14-19

Nehemiah’s Generosity

14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from ^athe twentieth year to ^bthe thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, ^cneither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ^{▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward} forty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^fbecause of the fear of God. 16 I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. 17 Moreover, there were ^gat my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. 18 ^hNow what was prepared at my expense ^{▼▼Or prepared for me} for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this ^jI did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. 19 ^kRemember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.