Verse 12
Nehemiah 5:12
Free Bible Version
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In addition to this, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me as governor in the land of Judah, which was from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year, a total of twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food which was allocated to the governor.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ נָשִׁ֗יב וּ/מֵ/הֶם֙ לֹ֣א נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כֵּ֣ן נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה אוֹמֵ֑ר וָ/אֶקְרָא֙ אֶת הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וָֽ/אַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔/ם לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת כַּ/דָּבָ֥ר הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
And they said, "We will return, and from them we will not seek; so we will do as you say." And I called the priests and I made them swear to do this matter.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
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2
Others added, “We've had to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to buy food during the...
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3
Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.
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Even though we are the same people as our creditors and though our children are the same as their ch...
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5
I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are cha...
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6
There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to...
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7
“What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God (Elohim) s...
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8
I, as well as my brothers and my men have been have been lending the people money and food. Please,...
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9
Give them back right now their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the one perce...
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“We will give it back,” they replied, “and we won't demand anything more from them. We'll do as you...
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11
I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “This is how my God (Elohim) will shake you out of your h...
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12
In addition to this, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me as governor in the land of Judah, whi...
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But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver...
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14
I also made rebuilding the wall my top priority, and I assigned all my workers to help with that. We...
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15
I had 150 Jews and officials eating at my table, as well as visitors from nearby countries.
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16
Every day I paid for one ox, six good sheep, and poultry. Every ten days I paid for a large supply o...
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17
Please remember me positively, my God (Elohim), for all that I've done for this people.
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