Nehemiah 5:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ I stayed at work on the wall and refused to speculate in land; I also required my officials to spend time on the wall. ¹⁷ All this despite the fact that I regularly fed 150 Jewish officials at my table, besides visitors from other countries! ¹⁸ The provisions required for each day were one ox, six fat sheep, and a large number of domestic fowls; and we needed a huge supply of all kinds of wines every ten days. Yet I refused to make a special levy against the people, for they were already having a difficult time.