Verse 18
Nehemiah 5:18
Literal Standard Version
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and that which has been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on 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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And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
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indeed, there are those who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive gr...
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And there are those who are saying, “Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging,...
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And there are those who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fiel...
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and now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and behold, we are s...
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And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
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and my heart reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “...
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and say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to th...
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And I say, “The thing that you are doing is not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God (Elohim...
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And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leav...
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Please give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their hous...
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And they say, “We give back, and we seek nothing from them; so we do as you are saying.” And I call...
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also, I have shaken my lap, and I say, “Thus God (Elohim) shakes out every man from his house and fr...
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Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentiet...
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the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in...
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And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my...
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and of the Jews, and of the prefects, one hundred and fifty men, and those coming to us of the natio...
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and that which has been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared...
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Remember for me, O my God (Elohim), for good, all that I have done for this people.
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