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Ezekiel 18:7-8

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18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, 1  does not commit robbery, 2  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked, 18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, 3  but refrains 4  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice 5  between men,

Ezekiel 46:16-17

Context

46:16 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as 6  his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance. 46:17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; 7  then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons.

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[18:7]  1 tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

[18:7]  2 tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

[18:8]  3 sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

[18:8]  4 tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

[18:8]  5 tn Heb “justice of truth.”

[46:16]  5 tn The Hebrew text has no preposition; the LXX reads “from” (see v. 17).

[46:17]  7 sn That is, the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-15).



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