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26 If you ever take your [poor] neighbor’s robe in pledge, you must return it to him before sunset,

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26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,(A) return it by sunset,

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12 If the man is poor, you shall not keep his [a]pledge overnight. 13 You shall certainly restore the pledge (security deposit) to him at sunset, so that he may sleep in his garment and bless you; and it will be credited to you as righteousness (right standing) before the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:12 A poor man might have only an outer garment to offer as a pledge of repayment.

12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge(A) in your possession. 13 Return their cloak by sunset(B) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.(C) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.(D)

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