26 “If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.

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26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,(A) return it by sunset,

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Safeguarding Life

“Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

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Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.(A)

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17 Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

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17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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12 and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,(A)

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12 He oppresses the poor(A) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(B)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(C)

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