Nehemia 5:10

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 

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “lads.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt.