Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
BSB
ASV
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
KJV
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
And if the man be poor, etc. - Did not this law preclude pledging entirely, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew, if not redeemed, he must restore at night? However, he might resume his claim in the morning, and have the pledge daily returned, and thus keep up his property in it till the debt was discharged; see the note on Exo 22:
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Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
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If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
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Deuteronomy 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
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Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
