Nehemiah 5:18

וַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה נַעֲשֶׂה לְיוֹם אֶחָד שׁוֹר אֶחָד צֹאן שֵׁשׁ ־ בְּרֻרוֹת וְצִפֳּרִים נַֽעֲשׂוּ ־ לִי וּבֵין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים בְּכָל ־ יַיִן לְהַרְבֵּה וְעִם ־ זֶה לֶחֶם הַפֶּחָה לֹא בִקַּשְׁתִּי כִּֽי ־ כָֽבְדָה הָעֲבֹדָה עַל ־ הָעָם הַזֶּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

19זָכְרָה ־ לִּי אֱלֹהַי לְטוֹבָה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשִׂיתִי עַל ־ הָעָם הַזֶּֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:3עֲשָׂרָה בָקָר בְּרִאִים וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּקָר רְעִי וּמֵאָה צֹאן לְבַד מֵֽאַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר וּבַרְבֻּרִים אֲבוּסִֽים ׃

Psalms 37:21לֹוֶה רָשָׁע וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּם וְצַדִּיק חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵֽן ׃

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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