Nehemiah:5:14-19
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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 sh @
nayim #
years ,
I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor .
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But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people ,
and had taken of them bread and wine ,
beside forty #
arba #
iym #
shekels of silver ;
yea ,
even their servants bare rule over the people :
but so did not I ,
because of the fear of God .
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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 m @
la #
kah #.
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Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty chamishshiym #
of the Jews and rulers ,
beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us .
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Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep tso #
n #;
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 .
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Think upon me ,
my God ,
for good ,
according to all that I have done for this people .