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15
|Nehemías 5:15|
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
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16
|Nehemías 5:16|
And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
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17
|Nehemías 5:17|
And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
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18
|Nehemías 5:18|
Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.
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19
|Nehemías 5:19|
Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
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1
|Nehemías 6:1|
Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);
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2
|Nehemías 6:2|
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
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3
|Nehemías 6:3|
And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
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4
|Nehemías 6:4|
And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
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5
|Nehemías 6:5|
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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