Nehemiah 5:13-15
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 I (A)also shook out the [a]front of my garment and said, “Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this [b]promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And (B)all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this [c]promise.
Nehemiah’s Example
14 Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from (C)the twentieth year to the (D)thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [d]kinsmen have eaten the governor’s food allowance. 15 But the former governors who were before me [e]laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so (E)because of the fear of God.
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- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit bosom
- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word
- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word
- Nehemiah 5:14 Lit brothers
- Nehemiah 5:15 Lit made heavy
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