And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Ver. 12. Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge.] As those cruel crafties did, Amo 2:8 that "sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." Amo 2:6
Verse Deuteronomy 24:12. _AND IF THE MAN BE POOR, C._] Did not this law preclude pledging _entirely_, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew...
Compare Exodus 22:25. Deuteronomy 24:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEE - Compare Deuteronomy 6:25 note....
20. CONCERNING DIVORCE AND LAWS OF MERCY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Concerning divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1)_ 2. Concerning pledge and slavery (Deuteronomy 24:6) 3. Concerning leprosy (Deuteronom
XXIV. 6_ F_., 10- 13, which stood perhaps originally together, belong to the many humanitarian laws of D (Deuteronomy 15:12 *). Corn is still ground in the home in Palestine; this is done by the rotat...
Of Taking and Restoring Pledges. The lender must not invade the borrower's house to select a pledge for the loan, the borrower shall bring it out (Deuteronomy 24:10 f.); if he be poor, the pledge, usu...
Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...
(11) PLEDGE FOR A LOAN (Deuteronomy 24:10-13) 10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to...
_AND IF THE MAN BE POOR, THOU SHALT NOT SLEEP WITH HIS PLEDGE:_ Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge. Hengstenberg suggests that it should be 'sleep upon his pledge,' founding upon the subsequent phr...
LAWS REGARDING DIVORCE, PLEDGES, MAN-STEALING, LEPROSY, JUSTICE, AND GLEANING 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 ‘Suppose that a man marries a woman. Later, he decides that She does not please him. He f...
(10-13) WHEN THOU DOST LEND. — The law in these verses is evidently the production of primitive and simple times, when men had little more than the bare necessaries of life to offer as security — thei...
וְ אִם ־אִ֥ישׁ עָנִ֖י ה֑וּא לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
Night, if it be a garment or bed covering, which may be necessary for the poor man. (Haydock) --- By allowing the creditor to keep the pledge such a short time, God wished to discourage the taking of...
These directions concerning poor debtors, show the mercy of the LORD. Without going into all the minute circumstances of the case, respecting our insolvency towards GOD, I would ask the Reader; whethe...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
AND IF THE MAN [BE] POOR,.... Which may be thought to be the case of everyone that gives pledges for a debt he owes, or a sum of money he borrows; yet there might be a difference: some might be so ver...
_Thou shalt not go in_ To prevent both the poor man's reproach, by having his wants exposed, and the creditor's greediness, which might be occasioned by the sight of something which he desired, and th...
1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not to warre. 6.10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be giuen. 16 Of Iustice. 19 Of Charitie. 1 WHEN [NOTE: Matthew 5:31; Matt...
And if the man, the borrower, BE POOR, THOU SHALT NOT SLEEP WITH HIS PLEDGE, since this consisted, as a rule, of the upper garment or mantle, which was, at the same time, the poor man's covering;...
KINDNESS TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY...
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning to...
5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, wh...
But restore it before night, which intimates that he should take no such thing for pledge, without which a man cannot sleep, since it were an idle thing to fetch it and carry it every day. SEE POOLE O...
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 24:12 man H376 poor H6041 keep H7901 pledge H5667 overnight H7901 (H8799)...
REGULATION OF PLEDGES (DEUTERONOMY 24:10). Deuteronomy 24:10 ‘ When you lend your neighbour any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the...
CONTENTS: Law concerning divorce; miscellaneous regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife and that everything be caref...
Deuteronomy 24:1. _Some uncleanness;_ not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put a...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:12 NOT SLEEP IN HIS PLEDGE. A person’s cloak could not be taken as security for a loan because it probably also served as the person’s blanket (see v....
CRITICAL _Notes_.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. DEUTERONOMY 24:1. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hy...
EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE, AGAINST MAN-STEALING AND INJUSTICE. DEUTERONOMY 24:1 _Of divorce_._ _If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife...
Now, When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finds no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorceme...
Deuteronomy 24:17; Job 22:6; Job 24:3; Job 24:9...
Thou shalt not sleep — But restore it before night, which intimates that he should take no such thing for pledge, without which a man cannot sleep....