Nehemiah 5:16

וְגַם בִּמְלֶאכֶת הַחוֹמָה הַזֹּאת הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְשָׂדֶה לֹא קָנִינוּ וְכָל ־ נְעָרַי קְבוּצִים שָׁם עַל ־ הַמְּלָאכָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15וְהַפַּחוֹת הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר ־ לְפָנַי הִכְבִּידוּ עַל ־ הָעָם וַיִּקְחוּ מֵהֶם בְּלֶחֶם וָיַיִן אַחַר כֶּֽסֶף ־ שְׁקָלִים אַרְבָּעִים גַּם נַעֲרֵיהֶם שָׁלְטוּ עַל ־ הָעָם וַאֲנִי לֹא ־ עָשִׂיתִי כֵן מִפְּנֵי יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

17וְהַיְּהוּדִים וְהַסְּגָנִים מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ וְהַבָּאִים אֵלֵינוּ מִן ־ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר ־ סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ עַל ־ שֻׁלְחָנִֽי ׃

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Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:15-19

The Generosity of Nehemiah. ( b. c. 445.) 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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