Verse 18
Nehemiah 5:18
King James Version
18
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.
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
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...
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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...
19
Think upon me, my God (Elohim), for good,
according to all that I have done for this people.
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