Read Nehemiah 5:15 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Nehemiah 5.15, Nehemiah 5v15, Ne. 5:15. But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an…
Other reference formats: Nehemiah 5.15, Nehemiah 5v15, Ne. 5:15.
15 But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an excessive monthly salary]; even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not do so because of the [reverent] fear of God.