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12 If he is a poor man, don’t go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.[a] 13 Be sure to return his garment[b] to him at sunset so that he may sleep with it, and he will bless you. It will be a righteous deed in the presence of the Lord your God. 14 Don’t take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he’s your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:12 The Heb. lacks in your possession
  2. Deuteronomy 24:13 Lit. collateral