Nehemiah 5:3

5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”

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!

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.