Nehemiah 5:16

5:16 I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing ¹  a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

Nehemiah 5:8

5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews ²  who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, ³  so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

[5:16]  ¹ tn Heb “we did not purchase.”

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”

[5:8]  ³ tn Heb “your brothers.”