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Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
“If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
on garments taken as collateral,
and in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
“If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
on garments taken as collateral,
and in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
Creditor » Laws concerning
Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
"When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything. If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone. read more.
"But if the slave declares: 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man,' his master is to bring him to the judges and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master must pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life.
"But if the slave declares: 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man,' his master is to bring him to the judges and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master must pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life.
"If you lend money to My people-to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest. "If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset. For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will listen because I am compassionate.
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another. You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of [remaining] harvest years. You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests. read more.
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
"If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you. You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell [him] your food for profit.
This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect [anything] from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord's release of debts has been proclaimed. You may collect [something] from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
"Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are entering to possess.
"When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security. You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in [the garment] he has given as security. read more.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Creditors » Prohibited from » Taking millstones in pledge
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
Debt » Security for
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
on garments taken as collateral,
and in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
"If you lend money to My people-to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest. "If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset. For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will listen because I am compassionate.
"When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security. You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in [the garment] he has given as security. read more.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine." Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
Mill » Upper and lower stones of
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.
Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.