Verse 18
Nehemiah 5:18
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Now that which was prepared for one day 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 I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיָ֨ה נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה לְ/י֣וֹם אֶחָ֗ד שׁ֣וֹר אֶחָ֞ד צֹ֠אן שֵׁשׁ בְּרֻר֤וֹת וְ/צִפֳּרִים֙ נַֽעֲשׂוּ לִ֔/י וּ/בֵ֨ין עֲשֶׂ֧רֶת יָמִ֛ים בְּ/כָל יַ֖יִן לְ/הַרְבֵּ֑ה וְ/עִם זֶ֗ה לֶ֤חֶם הַ/פֶּחָה֙ לֹ֣א בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי כִּֽי כָֽבְדָ֥ה הָ/עֲבֹדָ֖ה עַל הָ/עָ֥ם הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
And what was done for me on one day was one ox, six sheep, and birds were prepared for me, and within ten days, a great amount of wine; and with this, I did not ask for the bread of the governor because the work was heavy upon this people.
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Chapter 5 Context
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Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may ea...
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Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let...
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Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring...
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And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye e...
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And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto...
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Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God (Elohim),...
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And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave...
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Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive yards, and t...
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Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house, and from his...
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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twen...
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But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread...
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Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared fo...
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Remember unto me, O my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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