Esodo 22:26

26 Se pur tu togli in pegno il vestimento del tuo prossimo, rendiglielo infra il tramontar del sole.

Esodo 22:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 22:26

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge
So that it seems that the lender, though he might not impose usury on the borrower, or oblige him to pay interest for what he lent him, yet for the security of his money he might take his clothes, either his bed clothes or wearing apparel, or any instruments or goods of his; but when he did, he was bound to what follows:

thou shalt deliver it to him by that the sun goeth down;
the reason of which appears in the next verse, with respect to his bed clothes, should that be the pledge: but Jarchi interprets it, not of his nocturnal clothes, but of his apparel in the daytime, and paraphrases it thus,

``all the day thou shalt restore it to him until the setting of the sun; and when the sun is set, thou shalt return and take it until the morning of the morrow comes; the Scripture speaks of the covering of the day, of which there is no need at night;''

but rather night clothes are meant by what follows.

Esodo 22:26 In-Context

24 E l’ira mia si accenderà, ed io vi ucciderò con la spada: e le vostre mogli saranno vedove, e i vostri figliuoli orfani.
25 Quando tu presterai danari al mio popolo, al povero ch’è appresso a te, non procedere inverso lui a guisa di usuraio: non imponetegli usura.
26 Se pur tu togli in pegno il vestimento del tuo prossimo, rendiglielo infra il tramontar del sole.
27 Perciocchè quello solo è la sua copritura, ed è il suo vestire per coprir la sua pelle; in che giacerebbe egli? se dunque egli avviene che egli gridi a me, io l’esaudirò; perciocchè io son pietoso.
28 Non dir male de’ rettori; e non maledir colui ch’è principe nel tuo popolo.
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