Albert Barnes Commentary Nehemiah 5:16

"Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work." — Nehemiah 5:16 (ASV)

I continued ... land - that is, “I took my share in the work of the wall, as general superintendent. I did not take advantage of the general poverty to buy poor men’s plots of ground.”