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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
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Verse 14. Not eat, out of pity for the poor. Menochius.—He was supported by the king, ( Calmet.) or by his own patrimony. Bible. verse 11.
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