Deuteronomy 24:12KJV

Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 12 of 22

"And if the man poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:"
Deuteronomy 24:12

In context

10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

12And if the man 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 poor and needy, of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that in thy land within thy gates:

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