Deuteronomy 24:10
Ver. 10. When thou dost lend thy brother anything,.... Any sum of money he stands in need of, or demanded a debt of him, as Jarchi; money he is indebted to thee, which is the sense of the Septuagint version; and he is not able to pay it, but offers something: in pawn till he can pay it:
thou shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge; which would be an exercise of too much power and authority, to go into a neighbour's house, and take what was liked; and besides, as no doubt he would take the best, so he might take that which the poor man could not spare: and indeed, according to the Jewish canons {k}, he could not take any pledge at all, but with the knowledge, and by the leave, of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature.
{k} Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.