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 9:33
9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. 4 It is we who have been in the wrong!
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 “you have done truth.”