📜WEB · Deuteronomy 24:11
What does Deuteronomy 24:11 mean?
"You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you."
— Deuteronomy 24:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came out of Egypt.
When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you.
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers, or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
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