Charles Ellicott 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. — I repaired: that is, as superintendent. His servants and himself did not take advantage of the people’s poverty to acquire their land by mortgage; they were, on the contrary, absorbed in the common work.