22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail 1 around your roof to avoid being culpable 2 in the event someone should fall from it.
24:10 When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security. 3
1 tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”
2 tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”
3 tn Heb “his pledge.” This refers to something offered as pledge of repayment, i.e., as security for the debt.