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But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. |
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But the former ª
governors ª
that ¹
[ had been] before ª
me were chargeable ª°
unto ¹
the people, ª
and had taken ª°
of ¹
them bread ª
and wine, ª
beside ª
forty ª
shekels ª
of silver; ª
yea, ¹
even ²
their servants ª
bare rule ª°
over ¹
the people: ª
but so ¹
did ª°
not ¹
I, ¹
because ª¹
of the fear ª
of God. ª |
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But the former ª
gouernours ª
that ¹
[ had bene] before ª
me, were chargeable ª°
vnto ¹
the people, ª
and had taken ª°
of ¹
them bread, ª
and wine, ª
beside ª
fourtie ª
shekels ª
of siluer, ª
yea ¹
euen ²
their seruants ª
bare rule ª°
ouer ¹
the people: ª
but so ¹
did ª°
not ¹
I, ¹
because ª¹
of the feare ª
of God. ª |
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But as for the former acts of extortion wherein [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God. |
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But the former ª
governors ª
that ¹
[ had been] before ª
me were chargeable ª°
unto ¹
the people, ª
and had taken ª°
of ¹
them bread ª
and wine, ª
beside ª
forty ª
shekels ª
of silver; ª
yea, ¹
even ²
their servants ª
bare rule ª°
over ¹
the people: ª
but so ¹
did ª°
not ¹
I, ¹
because ª¹
of the fear ª
of
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים. ª |
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{Nehemiah 5:15} 
American Standard Version (ASV 1901)