Nehemiah 5:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of^[a] 40 shekels^[b] of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God.

¹⁶ Also, as I continued to work on the wall, we purchased no land, and all of my young men were employed in the work. ¹⁷ I fed 150 Jews and officials every day, not counting those who came from the nations around us.