Deuteronomy 24:12

And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

In Context

11In the street shalt thou stand, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out unto thee the pledge into the street.

13Thou shalt punctually deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may lie under his own cover, and bless thee; and unto thee shall it be as righteousness before the Lord thy God.

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Cross References

Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:7They cause [the poor] to spend the night naked, without clothing and without any covering in the cold.

Job 24:10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf:

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 →

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