Deuteronomy 24:12 · KJV
“And if the man {be} poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:”
— Deuteronomy 24:12
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 24 — Context
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. {lend...: Heb. lend the loan of any thing to, etc}
11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12And if the man {be} poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant {that is} poor and needy, {whether he be} of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that {are} in thy land within thy gates:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. {the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked}