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 1 and my associates 2 are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 3
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.