Deuteronomy 24:13
Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25And if thou take thy neighbor’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.
Deuteronomy 6:25And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
Deuteronomy 24:15Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.
Job 29:11For the ear heard, and blessed me; 1 And the eye saw me, and turned aside. 1
Job 31:16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, 1 And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 1
Psalms 112:9Who settles the barren woman in a house, 1 As a mother rejoicing over children.
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 →