Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 5:18

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֡ה נַעֲשֶׂ֡ה לְיֽוֹם אֶחָ֡ד שׁ֡וֹר אֶחָ֡ד צֹ֡אן שֵׁ֣שׁ בְּרוּרִ֡ות וְגַ֡ם צִפֳּרִ֡ים נַעֲשׂ֡וּ לִ֡י וּלְעֶ֣שֶׂר יָמִ֡ים בְּכָל יַ֡יִן לְרֹב֩ וְעִם זֶ֨ה לֶ֤חֶם הַפֶּ֙חָה֙ לֹ֣א בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי כִּ֤י כָבְדָה֙ הָעֲבֹדָ֔ה עַ֖ל הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃
vaʾasher hayah naʿasheh lyvom ʾeḥad shvor ʾeḥad ṣoʾn shesh brvrivt vgam ṣiporiym naʿasv liy vlʿesher yamiym bkal yayin lrob vʿim zeh leḥem hapeḥah loʾ biqashtiy kiy kabdah haʿabodah ʿal haʿam hazeh
King James Version (KJV)

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Modern English

Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.

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