Deuteronomy 24:12

'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting [it] up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

13thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

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Cross References

Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

Job 24:7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

Job 24:10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a 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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