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Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentiethyear to the thirty-second*year of KingArtaxerxes, for twelve*years, neither I nor my kinsmen have eaten the governor'sfood allowance.
15
But the formergovernorswho were before me laidburdens on the people and took from them bread and winebesidesfortyshekels of silver; even their servantsdomineered the people. But I did not dosobecause* of the fear of God.
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Now that which was prepared for each day was oneox and sixchoicesheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in tendaysall sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the governor'sfood allowance, because the servitude was heavy on thispeople.