'Pledge' in the Bible

He said, therefore, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, moreover, “Will you give a pledge until you send it?”

He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” And she said, “Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.

You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

“You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth,

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;Who is there that will be my guarantor?

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,And against the poor they take a pledge.

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,Have given a pledge for a stranger,

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

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,

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

And when they had received a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

thus incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge.