Discovery BoxNehemiah 5:10 
Context5:10 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 5:12
Context5:12 They replied, “We will return these things, 4 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 5 swear to do what had been promised. 6
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 The words “these things” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 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.
6 tn Heb “according to this word.”
