18 And there was prepared daily an ox, and six chosen sheep, and birds were prepared for me, and [a]within ten days wine for all [b]in abundance. Yet for all this I required not the bread of the governor: for the bondage was grievous unto this people.

19 Remember me, O my God, in goodness, according to all that I have done for this people.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:18 Or, once in ten days.
  2. Nehemiah 5:18 Whereas at other times they had by measure, at this time they had most liberally.

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