King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 24:12
“And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 24
10
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12
And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
14
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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