When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
Parallel translations
- KJV When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- BSB When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
- NKJV “When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
- NASB “When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.
- NLT “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.
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Quick answer
A lender may not barge into a borrower's house to seize the pledge; the borrower's home and dignity must be respected. Even legitimate debt-collection has moral limits.
Overview
By forbidding the creditor from entering the home, the law protects the debtor from humiliation and intrusion, letting him retain a measure of dignity. It restrains the natural advantage power holds over the poor. This gentleness toward the vulnerable mirrors the character of God, who deals with His people not by force but in mercy and patience.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Exod 22:27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
- Deut 15:8but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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