Nehemiah 5:17

See Nehemiah 5:14 for. longer note that applies to this verse.

fifty of. fifty men of.

heathen. nations.

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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.

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Nehemiah 5:17