Deuteronomy 24:10-15
Lexham English Bible
10 “When you make a loan to your neighbor, a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.[a] 11 You shall wait outside, and the man to whom you are lending, he shall bring the pledge outside to you. 12 And if he is a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.[b] 13 You shall certainly return the pledge to him as the sun sets,[c] so that he may sleep in his cloak and may bless you, and it shall be considered righteousness on your behalf[d] before[e] Yahweh your God.
14 “You shall not exploit a hired worker, who is needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from among your aliens[f] who are in your land and in your towns.[g] 15 On his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go down,[h] because he is poor and his life depends on it;[i] do this so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, and you incur guilt.[j]
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- Deuteronomy 24:10 Literally “to pledge with respect to his pledge”
- Deuteronomy 24:12 “His pledge” refers to “a garment given as pledge”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “as/at the moment of the going out of the sun”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to you”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to the face of”
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Hebrew “alien”
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Literally “gates”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “over him”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “and to him it is a lifting up with respect to his life/soul”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “and it becomes against you as sin
Deuteronomy 24:10-15
New King James Version
10 “When you (A)lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if the man is poor, you shall not [a]keep his pledge overnight. 13 (B)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and (C)bless you; and (D)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
14 “You shall not (E)oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. 15 Each day (F)you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; (G)lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.
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- Deuteronomy 24:12 Lit. sleep with his pledge
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