Exodus 22:26

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

In Context

25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

27because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.

Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →

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