Deuteronomy 24:12

Easy To Read Version

If he is a poor man, {then he might give the clothes that keep him warm}. You must not keep that security overnight.

Cross References

Job 22:6

Maybe you loaned a brother some money\par and forced him to give you something\par to prove he would pay it back.\par Maybe you took some poor man’s clothes\par as collateral {\cf2\super [34]} for a loan.\par Maybe you did that for no reason.\par

Job 24:10

Poor people have no clothes.\par So they work naked.\par They carry piles of grain for evil people,\par but still they go hungry.\par

Job 24:3

They steal the donkey\par that belongs to children without parents.\par They take a widow’s {\cf2\super [38]} cow away from her\par until she pays what she owes them.\par

Job 24:7

Poor people must sleep all night\par without clothes.\par They have no covers to protect them\par from the cold.\par

Job 24:9

Evil people take a nursing baby from its mother.\par They take a poor person’s child\par as security {\cf2\super [39]} for a loan.\par

Deuteronomy 24:11

You must stand outside. Then the person that you gave the loan to will bring out the security to you.

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must give his security back to him every evening. Then he will have clothes to sleep in. He will bless you, and the Lord your God will accept this as living right and doing good.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You must make sure that foreigners and orphans [151] are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow [152] as security. [153]