Deuteronomy 24:10

Loans

10 When you make any type of loan to your neighbor, don't enter their house to receive the collateral.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Deuteronomy 24:10 In-Context

8 Be on guard against outbreaks of skin disease by being very careful about what you do. You must carefully do everything the levitical priests teach you, just as I have commanded them.
9 Remember, after all, what the LORD your God did to Miriam on your departure from Egypt!
10 When you make any type of loan to your neighbor, don't enter their house to receive the collateral.
11 You must wait outside. The person to whom you are lending will bring the collateral to you out there.
12 Moreover, if the person is poor, you are not allowed to sleep in their pawned coat.
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