George Leo Haydock, on Neh 5:18

“And there was prepared for me day by day one ox, and six choice rams, besides fowls, and once in ten days I gave store of divers wines, and many other things: yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor: for the people were very much impoverished.”

“Wines. This was only produced, in abundance, on extraordinary occasions; for the people of the East do not drink wine at every feast, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 17. (Calmet) — Yearly. Septuagint, “Moreover, loaves of extortion I did not seek, because a hard servitude lay upon this people.” (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.