Discovery BoxNehemiah 5:8 
Context5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews 1 who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, 2 so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
Nehemiah 5:12
Context5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, 3 and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials 4 swear to do what had been promised. 5
1 tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”
2 tn Heb “your brothers.”
3 tn The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “took an oath from them”; the referents (the wealthy and the officials, cf. v. 7) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “according to this word.”
