Deuteronomy 24:12
But if he is poor, then the collateral shall not remain with you through the night.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In Context
11Instead, you shall stand outside, and he will carry out to you what he has.
Cross References
Job 22:6For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
Job 24:7They send men away naked, having taken the clothing of those who have no covering in the cold;
Job 24:10From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:6-14
The Law of Divorce. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away… Read the whole commentary →