Nehemiah 5:10

5:10 Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!

Nehemiah 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.


tn Heb “brothers.”

tn Heb “lads.”

tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.

tn Heb “we did not purchase.”