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Nehemiah 5:3

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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

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 

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.



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