尼希米记 5:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

每天預備牛一頭、肥羊六隻，又為我預備一些飛禽；每十天供應大量各類的酒。雖然這樣，我仍然沒有索取省長的俸祿，因為這些人服役已經負擔沉重。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
每 日 预 备 一 只 公 牛 ， 六 只 肥 羊 ， 又 预 备 些 飞 禽 ； 每 十 日 一 次 ， 多 预 备 各 样 的 酒 。 虽 然 如 此 ， 我 并 不 要 省 长 的 俸 禄 ， 因 为 百 姓 服 役 甚 重 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ I was appointed governor in the land of Judah in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' rule. I was governor of Judah for twelve years, until his thirty-second year. During that time neither my brothers nor I ate the food that was allowed for a governor. ¹⁵ But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors' helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God. ¹⁶ I worked on the wall, as did all my men who were gathered there. We did not buy any fields. ¹⁷ Also, I fed one hundred fifty Jewish people and officers at my table, as well as those who came from the nations around us. ¹⁸ This is what was prepared every day: one ox, six good sheep, and birds. And every ten days there were all kinds of wine. But I never demanded the food that was due a governor, because the people were already working very hard. ¹⁹ Remember to be kind to me, my God, for all the good I have done for these people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Now that: 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23

one ox: This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Bp. Pococke says that the bey of Tunis had daily twelve sheep, with fish and fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, etc., etc. His nobles dined with him; after they had done, the servants sat down; and when they had finished, the poor took what was left. Here the bey's twelve sheep are equal to Nehemiah's one ox and six choice sheep; and probably the mode of living between the two was nearly alike. It is still the practice in the East to calculate the expenses of the table, not by the money paid, but by the provisions consumed by the guests.

required: Nehemiah 5:14, Nehemiah 5:15

because the bondage: Psalms 37:21, Psalms 37:26

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 5:11 - they Isaiah 3:7 - neither bread 1 Thessalonians 2:9 - chargeable

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.

Genesis 5:14
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:15
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son named Jared.

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah.

Luke 3:37
Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Kenan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep,.... Or fat ones; of beef and mutton a considerable quantity, abundantly sufficient for his guests and servants, and shows what a good table he kept:

also fowls were prepared for me; what number is not said:

and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine; the country afforded; that is, either once in ten days his stock of wine was renewed, or a more liberal entertainment was made, a banquet of wine, Esther 5:6,

yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor; the salary that used to be given him, but did this at his own expense, out of his own estate in Judea; or what he had got by his office as cupbearer to the king of Persia, the salary of which perhaps was continued:

because the bondage was heavy upon the people; the tribute of the king of Persia, and their labour and expense in building the walls of the city.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the far grander provision for Solomon’s table (see the marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. One ox, and six choice sheep — This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men.

Once in ten days store of all sorts of wine — It is supposed that every tenth day they drank wine; at all other times they drank water; unless we suppose the meaning of the phrase to be, that his servants laid in a stock of wine every ten days. Though the Asiatics drank sparingly of wine, yet it is not very likely that, in a case such as that above, wine was tasted only thrice in each month.

Bishop Pococke mentions the manner in which the bey of Tunis lived. He had daily twelve sheep, with fish, fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, c., c., His nobles dined with him after they had done, the servants sat down and, when they had finished, the poor took what was left. Here is no mention of a fat ox; but there were six sheep at the bey's table more than were at the table of Nehemiah: so the twelve sheep were equal to six sheep and one ox. Probably the mode of living between these two was nearly alike.