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11 You shall wait outside, and the man to whom you are lending, he shall bring the pledge outside to you. 12 And if he is a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.[a] 13 You shall certainly return the pledge to him as the sun sets,[b] so that he may sleep in his cloak and may bless you, and it shall be considered righteousness on your behalf[c] before[d] Yahweh your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:12 “His pledge” refers to “a garment given as pledge”
  2. Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “as/at the moment of the going out of the sun”
  3. Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to you”
  4. Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to the face of”