Deuteronomy 24:10
8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11 You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
- KJV
- When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- WEB
- When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
- ASV
- When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- DARBY
- When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.
- BLB
- When you lend your brother a loan of anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
- ÅB
- Når du låner din neste noe, skal du ikke gå inn i hans hus for å hente det pant han skal gi.
- OTB
- Når du gir et lån av noe slag til din nabo, må du ikke gå inn i deres hus for å hente pantet.
- B1930
- Når du låner din næste noget, skal du ikke gå inn i hans hus for å hente det pant han skal gi.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 15:8
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
Read in contextExodus 22:27
because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
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