Nehemiah 5:15 meaning and explanation
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:15, Berean Standard Bible
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Nehemiah writes as governor of Judah under the Persian king Artaxerxes, contrasting himself with the governors who came before him. Those officials had used their position to take bread, wine and forty shekels of silver from a people already worn down by taxes, debt and famine, and their servants had joined in the pressure.
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