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Nehemiah 5:17

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Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15

    But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  2. Nehemiah 5:16

    Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

  3. Nehemiah 5:18

    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.

  4. Nehemiah 5:19

    Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

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