Reference: Pledge
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The Jewish law protected the poor who were obliged to give security for a loan or the fulfillment of a contract. If a man pawned his rove, the usual covering of the cool nights, it must be returned on the same day, Ex 22:26-27. The creditor could not enter a house and take what he pleased; and the millstone being a necessary of life, could not be taken, De 24:6,10-11. Compare Job 22:6; 24:3,7. Idolaters sometimes disregarded these prohibitions, Am 2:6-8. See LOANS. Pledges are necessary from the vicious, who cannot be trusted, Pr 20:16.
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If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets, for it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.
Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man's livelihood.
When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort do not go into his house and repossess the security. Remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan must bring the pledged security out to you.
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and hold it as a pledge for a seductress.
Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name. read more. They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.
Easton
See Loan.
Hastings
The taking of a pledge for the re-payment of a loan was sanctioned by the Law, but a humanitarian provision was introduced to the effect that, when this pledge consisted of the large square outer garment or cioak called simlah, it must be returned before nightfali, since this garment often formed the only covering of the poor at night (Ex 22:26 f., De 24:12 f.; cf. Am 2:8; Job 22:6; 24:9; Eze 18:7,12,16; 33:15). It was forbidden also to take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge (De 24:6). In Isa 36:8 the reference is to a pledge to be forfeited if a wager is lost (cf. Revised Version margin). In I S17:18 'take their pledge' probably means 'bring back a token of their welfare' (Driver).
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If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets,
Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man's livelihood.
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor.
Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them.
if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.
He does not oppress anyone. He does not keep the security for a loan. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked.
and if he returns the security he took for a loan or gives back what he stole, if he stops sinning and follows the laws that give life, he will not die, but he will live.
They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.
Morish
The taking of articles as security for loans, etc. was very early practised, and restrictions were given in the law that no unfair advantage should be taken thereby. Ex 22:26; De 24:10-17; Job 22:6; 24:3,9; Am 2:8. In 2Ki 18:23 and Isa 36:8 the sense is 'to make an engagement or treaty.'
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If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets,
When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort do not go into his house and repossess the security. Remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan must bring the pledged security out to you. read more. If he is a poor man, do not keep the pledged security over night. Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down. He will have his pledged item and he may sleep. He will bless you. And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God. Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin. Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers. Everyone shall be put to death for his own sin. Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan. Do not take a widow's garment in pledge.
And now, make an agreement with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor.
Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them.
They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.
Smith
Pledge.
[LOAN]
See Loan