Required not — But bore it out of my own estate: which was very considerable, his office in the Persian court being a place of great profit.
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Nehemiah 5:18
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: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.