to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or inter… · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
brother
בְרֵֽעֲךָve.Re.'a.kha
H7453
an associate (more or less close) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
any
מְא֑וּמָהme.'U.mah
H3972
properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
thing
מַשַּׁ֣אתma.Shat
H4859
a loan · noun, common feminine singular construct
go
תָבֹ֥אta.Vo'
H935
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
house
בֵּית֖וֹbei.To
H1004
a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fetch
לַעֲבֹ֥טla.'a.Vot
H5670
to pawn · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
pledge
עֲבֹטֽוֹa.vo.To
H5667
a pawn · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Exodus 22:27 For 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, th…
Deuteronomy 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:5-13
Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deu 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their affection to each other were well settled at first. If the husband were much abroad from his wife the first year, his love to her would be in danger of cooling, and of being drawn aside to others whom he would meet with abroad; therefore his service to his country in war, embassies, or other public business that would call him from home, shall be dispensed with, that he may cheer up the wife that he has taken. Note, 1. It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife, and t…
When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge--The course recommended was, in kind and considerate regard, to spare the borrower's feelings. In the case of a poor man who had pledged his cloak, it was to be restored before night, as the poor in Eastern countries have commonly no other covering for wrapping themselves in when they go to sleep than the garment they have worn during the day.
John Gill on Deuteronomy 24:10
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 sanhedri…
If your neighbor owed you something, whatever it is, you will not go into his house to take the pledge: you will be left out, and the man who owes you something will take the pledge out. But if the man is in need, you will not sleep in his garment. You will return her dress without fail to the sunset and sleep in her dress, and she will bless you and have mercy before the Lord your God. It is clear that it belongs to works of mercy that does not enter the house of the neighbor who makes a loan, so as not to cause a disturbance to the debtor. But for this very reason the debtor is also advised to take out the pledge to give it to the creditor. With respect to the mandate to return the pledge to the homeless on the same day, so that he can sleep on it who does not have anywhere to sleep, it is worth noting that the creditor has not been sent to take the pledge that must be returned. the same day. And if this has been preferred to do so to force the debtor, how are you urged to return a piece of clothing that you know you will receive the same day? Has the legislator perhaps intended to do so to remind you not to forget the return and not return when you do not really have the thing? And we say this especially because he is forced by the work of mercy of his creditor towards who should not be ungrateful, if he has received the pledge in which he can sleep. The creditor, for his part, when the other has not returned the pledge, must believe that he does not have it; for that man also needs that work of mercy so that the garment is returned to him, since he has no other place to sleep.
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Dictionary and topics
Debtor — Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense…
Knock — “Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to knock…
Poor — The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their…
Castle · For the doctrine, “The house is my — For the doctrine, “The house is my
Lending · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Pawn · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Pledge · A creditor must not enter the house of a — A creditor must not enter the house of a
Surety (Guarantee) · General scriptures concerning
on Deuteronomy 24:8-13
Deuteronomy 24:8, 9
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.
8. Observa in plaga leprae, ad observandum diligenter et faciendum secundum omnia quae docuerint vos sacerdotes Levitae: sicuti praecepi eis, ita observabitis ad faciendum.
9. Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
9. Recordare quid fecerit Jehova Deus tuus Mariae in itinere, quum egressi estis ex Aegypto.
8. Take heed in the plague of leprosy. I am aware how greatly interpreters differ from each other and how variously…
Warning against oppressing the Poor. - Deu 24:10, Deu 24:11. If a loan of any kind was lent to a neighbour, the lender was not to go into his house to pledge (take) a pledge, but was to let the borrower bring the pledge out. The meaning is, that they were to leave it to the borrower to give a pledge, and not compel him to give up something as a pledge that might be indispensable to him.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 24:8
serious skin diseases: Medical science has determined that this does not refer to leprosy (i.e., Hansen’s disease) per se.
Rashi on Deuteronomy 24:10
כי תשה ברעך means, WHEN THOU EXACTEST A DEBT FROM THY FELLOW MAN;
משאת מאומה means, A DEBT OF ANYTHING (whatever it may be).
Trespass · A creditor must not enter a — A creditor must not enter a
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
