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Nehemiah 5:18

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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.

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Nehemiah 5:18 in other translations

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 a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

Nehemiah 5:18 · World English Bible

Nehemiah 5:18 in context

  1. 16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
  2. 17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.
  3. 18Now 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.
  4. 19Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.