KJV King James Version
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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Deuteronomy 24:10
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
WEB World English Bible
When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
ASV American Standard Version
When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 24
7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, [so] ye shall observe to do.
9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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Exodus 22:27For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.Deuteronomy 15:8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.
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