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Ezekiel 18:7-8

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18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, 1  does not commit robbery, 2  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked, 18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, 3  but refrains 4  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice 5  between men,

Ezekiel 18:21

Context

18:21 “But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

1 tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

2 tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

3 sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

4 tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

5 tn Heb “justice of truth.”



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