Deuteronomy 24:10
When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house to secure his pledge:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
In Context
9Remember that which Yahweh thy God did to Miriam,—by the way, as ye came forth out of Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;
Deuteronomy 15:8but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,—and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.
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 →