Nehemiah 5:11

5:11 This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest ¹  that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.”

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ²  met with ³  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:17

8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. ⁴ 

[5:11]  ¹ tc The MT reads וּמְאַת (umÿ’at, “and the hundredth”) which is somewhat enigmatic. The BHS editors suggest emending to וּמַשַּׁאת (umasha’t, “and the debt”) which refers to the interest or collateral (pledge) seized by a creditor (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; see HALOT 641-42 s.v. מַשָּׁא). The term מַשַּׁאת (masha’t) is related to the noun מָשָּׁא (masha’, “debt”) in 5:7, 10.

[8:13]  ² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[8:13]  ³ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”

[8:17]  ³ tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”