unfoldingWord_en_tn/neh/05/08.md

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but you even sell your brothers and sisters that they may be sold back to us

This means that they are selling their family members as slaves to their fellow Jews. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "Now you are selling your own people to be slaves of your fellow Jews, so that they might later sell them back to us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

who had been sold to the nations

This can be stated in active form. AT: "who people had sold as slaves to the nations" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)