Exodus 22:26
in Exodus 22If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
KJV
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
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This verse in Exodus 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIf thou - take thy neighbor’s raiment to pledge - It seems strange that any pledge should be taken which must be so speedily restored; but it is very likely that the pledge was restored by night only, and that he who pledged it brought it back to his creditor next morning. The opinion of the rabbins is, that whatever a man needed for the support of life, he had the use of it when absolutely necessary, though it was pledged.
This site's exposition
If thou at all take thy neighbour
on Exodus 22:26-27
A cloak taken as security has to go back before nightfall, which leaves the lender holding a pledge only in daylight and makes the loan nearly a gift. The reason given is God's own character, set out in three clauses, wherein shall he sleep, and I will hear, for I am gracious. Amos 2:8 reports the law broken, with men laying themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge beside every altar, and Deuteronomy 24:12-13 repeats the rule and calls its keeping righteousness.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
If we were not able to make restitution, he must be sold for a slave: the court of judgment was to do it, and it is likely the person robbed received the money. Thus with us in some cases, felons are transported to the Plantations, where only, Englishmen know what slavery is.
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The law regarding pledges is expanded, Deu 24:6, Deu 24:10-13.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | <if> | H518 → | 1069 times |
| חָבֹ֥ל | chavol | certainly [if] <to take as pledge> | H2254 → | |
| תַּחְבֹּ֖ל | tachbol | you will take as pledge | H2254 → | |
| שַׂלְמַ֣ת | salmat | [the] cloak of | H8008 → | |
| רֵעֶ֑ךָ | reekha | neighbor your | H7453 → | 188 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּ֥א | bo' | goes | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ | hashemesh | the sun | H8121 → | 134 times |
| תְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ | teshivenu | you will return it | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to <the> him |
אִם־<if>
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
חָבֹ֥לcertainly [if] <to take as pledge>
chavolH2254 →
תַּחְבֹּ֖לyou will take as pledge
tachbolH2254 →
שַׂלְמַ֣ת[the] cloak of
salmatH8008 →
רֵעֶ֑ךָneighbor your
reekhaH7453 →188 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּ֥אgoes
bo'H935 →2568 times
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁthe sun
hashemeshH8121 →134 times
תְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּyou will return it
teshivenuH7725 →1056 times
לֽוֹ׃to <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 2:8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
it leads to
- Exodus 22:26–27
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 24:12–17
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
- Amos 6:6
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
- Exodus 22:26–27
Through
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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 18:16
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.
- Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
- Deuteronomy 24:12–13
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
- Ezekiel 33:15
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
- Ezekiel 18:16
Through
Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
it leads to
- Proverbs 27:13
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Proverbs 27:13
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.