Bible Flares › Verses › Nehemiah › 5:14
And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors.
← Previous verse · Read the whole chapter · Next verse →
Read this verse in Français · Português
Keep reading in Bible Flares. Every lens above continues in full, including the challenges to this verse, answered honestly.
Open the full explanations →What the verse says, in its own world: language, context, meaning.
The doctrinal weight the tradition reads in this verse.
What this verse says to a life being lived right now.
The strongest challenges to this passage, and the tradition's answer.
The verse read alongside another tradition's concept, from a rooted Christian vantage.