Verse 15
Nehemiah 5:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people,
and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants
ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/פַּחוֹת֩ הָ/רִאשֹׁנִ֨ים אֲשֶׁר לְ/פָנַ֜/י הִכְבִּ֣ידוּ עַל הָ/עָ֗ם וַ/יִּקְח֨וּ מֵ/הֶ֜ם בְּ/לֶ֤חֶם וָ/יַ֨יִן֙ אַחַר֙ כֶּֽסֶף שְׁקָלִ֣ים אַרְבָּעִ֔ים גַּ֥ם נַעֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם שָׁלְט֣וּ עַל הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/אֲנִי֙ לֹא עָשִׂ֣יתִי כֵ֔ן מִ/פְּנֵ֖י יִרְאַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים
English Translation
And the lessors who were before me oppressed the people and took from them in bread and wine after forty shekels; also their young men ruled over the people, but I did not do so because of the fear of God.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their
brothers the Jews.
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2
For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many.
Let us get grain, that we m...
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3
There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards,
and our houses. Let us...
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4
There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s
tribute using our fields and o...
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5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their
children. Behold, we bring...
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6
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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7
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers,
and said to them, “You e...
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8
I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the
Jews that were sold to the na...
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9
Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in
the fear of our God (Elohim)...
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10
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain.
Please let us stop this usury.
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11
Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their
olive groves, and their hou...
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12
Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing
of them. We will do so, even as you...
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13
Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God (Elohim) shake out every man from
his house, and from...
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14
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor
in the land of Judah, from the twen...
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15
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people,
and took bread and wine fr...
16
Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land.
All my servants were gathere...
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17
Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred and fifty
men, in addition...
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18
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep.
Also fowls were prepared fo...
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19
Remember me, my God (Elohim), for all the good that I have done for this people.
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