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Nehemiah 5:10

Context
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

Context
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.”



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