Nehemiah 5:18
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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Cross references
- 1 Kings 4:22–23 Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
- Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Psalm 37:26 They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.