Nehemiah 5:10
5:10 Even I and my relatives 1 and my associates 2 are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 3
Nehemiah 5:16
5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing 4 a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.
1 tn Heb “brothers.”
2 tn Heb “lads.”
3 tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.
4 tn Heb “we did not purchase.”