Exodus 22:26

If you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun goes down,

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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 any of my people among you who are poor, you must not be like a moneylender to him or charge him interest.

27for that is his only covering; it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? When he calls out to me, I will hear him, for I am compassionate.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:10When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

Job 22:6For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, 1 and you have stripped away clothing from the naked. 1

Job 24:9There are wicked people who pluck orphans from their mothers' breast, 1 and wicked people who take children as security from poor people. 1

Psalms 10:14You have taken notice, for you always see the one who inflicts the misery and sorrow. 1 The helpless entrusts himself to you; 1 you rescue the fatherless. 1

Proverbs 20:16Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, 1 and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman. 1

Ezekiel 18:7What can be said about a man who does not oppress anyone, and he gives back to the debtor what was put up as security for a loan, and he does not commit theft but gives his food to the hungry and he covers the naked with clothes, is he a righteous man?

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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