Deuteronomy 24:10

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

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 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, [so] ye shall observe to do.
9 Remember what the LORD thy God did to Miriam by the way, after that ye come forth from Egypt.
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad to thee:
12 And if the man [is] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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