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Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from ^(p)the twentieth year to the ^(q)thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my ^[g]kinsmen have eaten the governor's food allowance.

But the former governors who were before me ^[h]laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so ^(r)because of the fear of God.

I also ^[i]applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

Moreover, ^(s)there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

Now ^(t)that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this ^(u)I did not demand the governor's food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people.

^(v)Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.