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Creditors: To Return Before Sunset, Garments Taken in Pledge Exodus 22:26, 27

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, / because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

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Creditors: To Return Before Sunset, Garments Taken in Pledge Deuteronomy 24:12, 13

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; / be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

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Creditors: To Return Before Sunset, Garments Taken in Pledge Ezekiel 18:7, 12

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. / He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

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