"If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:" — Exodus 22:26

Exodus 22:26 · KJV

“If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:”

— Exodus 22:26

If thou lend money to {any of} my people {that is} poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Verse 27

For that {is} his covering only, it {is} his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I {am} gracious.

Exodus 22 — Context

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

If thou lend money to {any of} my people {that is} poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

For that {is} his covering only, it {is} his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I {am} gracious.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. {gods: or, judges}

Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Amos 2:8

And they lay {themselves} down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned {in} the house of their god. {the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted}

Deuteronomy 24:6

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh {a man's} life to pledge.

Proverbs 22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Ezekiel 18:16

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, {but} hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, {hath not...: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge}

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Ezekiel 18:7

And hath not oppressed any, {but} hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Job 24:3

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.