Ezekiel 18:8-9

18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, ¹  but refrains ²  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice ³  between men, 18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. ⁴  That man ⁵  is righteous; he will certainly live, ⁶  declares the sovereign Lord.

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. ⁷  He will bear the responsibility for his own death. ⁸ 

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¹ sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

² tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

³ tn Heb “justice of truth.”

⁴ tc The MT reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the LXX reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the MT. The LXX refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.

⁵ tn Heb “he.”

⁶ tn Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

⁷ tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

⁸ tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”