Ezekiel 18:8
18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, 1 but refrains 2 from wrongdoing, promotes true justice 3 between men,
Ezekiel 18:13
18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. 4 He will bear the responsibility for his own death. 5
1 sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.
2 tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”
3 tn Heb “justice of truth.”
4 tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.
5 tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”