nehemiah 5:17 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.

nehemiah 5:17 Moreover, [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.

17. Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews--In the East it has been always customary to calculate the expense of a king's or grandee's establishment, not by the amount of money disbursed, but by the quantity of provisions consumed (see 1Ki 4:22; 18:19; Ec 5:11).

nehemiah 5:17 Moreover, [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.

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