Chiasm
Nehemiah 5:15–18
Nehemiah 5:15–184 matched frames1 pivot
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- A 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people,
- B 15 and had taken of them bread
- C 15 and wine, beside forty shekels of silver;
- D 15 yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:
- E 15 but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
- D' 16-17 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
- D 15 yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:
- C' 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine:
- C 15 and wine, beside forty shekels of silver;
- B' 18 yet for all this required not I the bread
- B 15 and had taken of them bread
- A' 18 of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
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