sleep in his garment Heb. salmah(Deuteronomy 29:4 and E, Exodus 22), transp. from the more frequent simlah(Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 22:3; Deuteronomy 22:17), the large outer robe which the peasant can dispense with by day while at work, but which he almost invariably sleeps in; cp. Amos 2:8; Job 22:6; Proverbs 20:16.

and it shall be righteousness unto thee Characteristic of D (cp. Deuteronomy 6:25). E, Exodus 22:27 (26): when he crieth unto me I will hear; for I am gracious.

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