Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Nehemiah 5:15

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Nehemiah 5:15 - 5:15

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Nehemiah 5:15 - 5:15

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the former governors ... had taken ... bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver - The income of Eastern governors is paid partly in produce, partly in money. “Bread” means all sorts of provision. The forty shekels of silver per day would amount to a yearly salary of about $9,000.