Deuteronomy 24:10

10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:10 in Other Translations

10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

10 "When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.

10 “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.

10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, don't enter his house to claim his pledge.

10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

10 When you make a loan to your neighbor, don't go into his house to take a security deposit.

10 "When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security.

10 Suppose your neighbor borrows something from you. And he offers you something to keep until you get paid back. Then don't go into his house to get it.

Deuteronomy 24:10 Meaning and Commentary

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 ^F11, he could not take any pledge at all, but with the knowledge, and by the leave, of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.

Deuteronomy 24:10 In-Context

8 In cases of defiling skin diseases, be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.

9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.

10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.

11 Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.

12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 22:25-27