Commentary for Nehemiah 5:16
וְ֠גַם בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת הַחוֹמָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ הֶחֱזַ֔קְתִּי וְשָׂדֶ֖ה לֹ֣א קָנִ֑ינוּ וְכָל־נְעָרַ֔י קְבוּצִ֥ים שָׁ֖ם עַל־הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃
Yea, also I set hand to the work of this wall, neither bought we any land; and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
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wall the wall of the city.
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I adhered I busied myself to engage in it constantly.
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and we did not buy a field But neither I nor my associates bought the fields of the Jews who were building the wall because of their poverty; they were engaged in building the wall, but I gave them money in order to build the wall.
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over the work to build constantly.
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