Nehemiah 5:15; Nehemiah 10:32

15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;