Defined Phm 1:18
MIGHT DEMAND
Pledges De 24:10,11; Pr 22:27
Security of others Pr 6:1; 22:26
Mortgages on property Ne 5:3
Bills or promissory notes Lu 16:6,7
To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge Ex 22:26,27; De 24:12,13; Eze 18:7,12
PROHIBITED FROM
Taking millstones in pledge De 24:6
Violently selecting pledges De 24:10
Exacting usury from brethren Ex 22:25; Le 25:36,37
Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year De 15:2,3
Might take interest from strangers De 23:20
Sometimes entirely remitted debts Ne 5:10-12; Mt 18:27; Lu 7:42
Often cruel in exacting debts Ne 5:7-9; Job 24:3-9; Mt 18:28-30
OFTEN EXACTED DEBTS
By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant Mt 18:25; Ex 21:2
By selling the debtor's property Mt 18:25
By selling the debtor's family 2Ki 4:1; Job 24:9; Mt 18:25
By imprisonment Mt 5:25,26; 18:34
From the sureties Pr 11:15; 22:26,27
Were often defrauded 1Sa 22:2; Lu 16:5-7
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
God's claim upon men Mt 5:25,26; 18:23,25; Lu 7:41,47
The demands of the law Ga 5:3