Shēnméngjì 24:17

17 Nǐ bùkĕ xiàng jìjū de hé gūér qū wǎng zhèngzhí , yĕ bùkĕ ná guǎfu de yīshang zuò dàngtou .

Shēnméngjì 24:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of
the fatherless
Who are unable to defend themselves, and have but few, if any, to take their part; and therefore particular care should be taken by judges and civil magistrates to do them justice, or God will require it of them:

nor take a widow's raiment to pledge;
nor anything else, as her ox or cow, ( Job 24:3 ) ; according to the Jewish canons ^F18, of a widow, whether she is poor or rich, a pledge is not taken; the reason given for which is, that it would raise an ill suspicion, and cause an evil report of her among her neighbours ^F19; and which is suggested by the Targum of Jonathan

``neither shall any of you take for a pledge the raiment of a widow, lest wicked neighbours should arise, and bring an evil report upon her, when ye return the pledge unto her.''

But no doubt a poor widow is meant, and the design of the law is mercy to her, and that she might not be distressed by taking that from her she needed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.
F19 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.

Shēnméngjì 24:17 In-Context

15 Yào dàng rì gĕi tā gōngjià , bùkĕ dĕng dào rìluò . yīnwei tā qióngkǔ , bǎ xīn fàng zaì gōngjià shàng , kǒngpà tā yīn nǐ qiúgào Yēhéhuá , zuì biàn guī nǐ le .

16 Bùkĕ yīn zǐ shā fǔ , yĕ bùkĕ yīn fǔ shā zǐ . fán beì shā de dōu wéi bĕn shēn de zuì .

17 Nǐ bùkĕ xiàng jìjū de hé gūér qū wǎng zhèngzhí , yĕ bùkĕ ná guǎfu de yīshang zuò dàngtou .

18 Yào jìniàn nǐ zaì Āijí zuò guō núpú . Yēhéhuá nǐde shén cóng nàli jiāng nǐ jiùshú , suǒyǐ wǒ fēnfu nǐ zhèyàng xíng .

19 Nǐ zaì tiánjiān shōugē zhuāngjia , ruò wáng xià yī kún , bùkĕ huí qù zaì qǔ , yào liú gĕi jìjū de yǔ gūér guǎfu . zhèyàng , Yēhéhuá nǐ shén bì zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ suǒ bàn de yīqiè shì shàng cì fú yǔ nǐ .