Verse 14
Nehemiah 5:14
King James Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּ֞ם מִ/יּ֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗/י לִ/הְי֣וֹת פֶּחָ/ם֮ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִ/שְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠/עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה אֲנִ֣י וְ/אַחַ֔/י לֶ֥חֶם הַ/פֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי
English Translation
Also from the day that I was commanded to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the bread of the governor.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
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2
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters,
are
many: therefore we take up corn
for...
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3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might bu...
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4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute,
and that upon our lands an...
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5
Yet now our flesh
is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring...
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6
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact...
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8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto...
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9
Also I said, It
is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God (Elohim) because...
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10
I likewise,
and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us...
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11
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and the...
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12
Then said they, We will restore
them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest...
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13
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house, and from his labo...
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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...
15
But the former governors that
had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of t...
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16
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants
were...
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17
Moreover
there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came...
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18
Now
that which was prepared
for me daily
was
one ox
and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared...
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19
Think upon me, my God (Elohim), for good,
according to all that I have done for this people.
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