Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Verse 12. And if the man be poor, c.] Did not this law preclude pledging entirely, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew, if not redeemed, he must restore at night? However, he might resume his claim in the morning, and have the pledge daily returned, and thus keep up his property in it till the debt was discharged See Clarke on Ex 22:26. The Jews in several cases did act contrary to this rule, and we find them cuttingly reproved for it by the Prophet Amos, Am 2:8.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
But restore it before night, which intimates that he should take no such thing for pledge, without which a man cannot sleep, since it were an idle thing to fetch it and carry it every day. See Poole “Exo 22:26,27“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And if the man [be] poor,…. Which may be thought to be the case of everyone that gives pledges for a debt he owes, or a sum of money he borrows; yet there might be a difference: some might be so very destitute of goods and raiment in their houses, that whatever they parted with was distressing to them, and they could not well do without it:
thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; nor keep it a night; but deliver it to him, before he went to bed, and laid himself down to sleep.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And if the man was in distress ( ), the lender was not to lie (sleep) upon his pledge, since the poor man had very often nothing but his upper garment, in which he slept, to give as a pledge. This was to be returned to him in the evening. (A repetition of Exo 22:25-26.) On the expression, “It shall be righteousness unto thee,” see Deu 6:25.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
12. Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge As the poor debtor might have nothing to cover him but his outer garment, which served him for his bed. This the creditor was not to keep at night. Comp. Exo 22:25-26.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 24:12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Ver. 12. Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge. ] As those cruel crafties did, Amo 2:8 that “sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes.” Amo 2:6
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 24:17, Job 22:6, Job 24:3, Job 24:9
Reciprocal: Pro 3:28 – General Pro 25:20 – that taketh Eze 18:7 – hath restored Amo 2:8 – laid