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Nehemiah 5:15
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
But as for the former acts of extortion wherein [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver (note: 40 shekels is approximately 1 pound or 453.6 grams of silver.). Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.