Nehemiah 5:12-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
12 Then they said, “We (A)will give it back and (B)will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and (C)took an oath from them that they would do according to this [a]promise. 13 I (D)also shook out the [b]front of my garment and said, “Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this [c]promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And (E)all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this [d]promise.
Nehemiah’s Example
14 Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from (F)the twentieth year to the (G)thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [e]kinsmen have eaten the governor’s food allowance.
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- Nehemiah 5:12 Lit word
- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit bosom
- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word
- Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word
- Nehemiah 5:14 Lit brothers
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