Catholic Public Domain Version

Nehemiah 5:15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.

Nehemiah 5

Nehemiah 5:11-19