Deuteronomy 24:6, 10-22
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Summary
- Regulations about various relationships and circumstances in life. All must be done in righteousness, and in a way that expresses love/care for others.
Details and/or Comments
- Those who borrow from you: Don't abuse or take advantage of him.
- Those who work for you: Treat properly, pay promptly, etc.
- Those who sin: Each must pay for his own sins; maintain justice for all.
- Those who are poor: Leave some of your crops/produce for him to harvest.
Scripture
Deuteronomy 24:6, 10-22 - Proper treatment of other people
Instructions about taking pledges from those who borrow.
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 24:6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge. | Do not take away his ability to provide food for his family. |
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 24:10 When you do lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
Deu 24:11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you. Deu 24:12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; Deu 24:13 you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God. |
Do not lord over him, take what you want, take away his ability to live, etc. - Not doing such things is an act of righteousness. |
Proper treatment for those who work for you.
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 24:14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:
Deu 24:15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you. |
Proper treatment for EMPLOYEES.
Do not oppress him, regardless of whether he is native-born or a foreigner; pay him at the proper time. |
Each person is responsible for his own sin; justice for all.
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. |
When sins are deserving of death, each must pay for his own sins. |
| Deu 24:17 You shall not wrest the justice due to the foreigner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
Deu 24:18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing. |
Maintain justice for all, including the weak, the outcast, etc. Follow God's example. |
Sharing some of your produce/crops with the poor
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Deu 24:20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Deu 24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Deu 24:22 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. |
You must leave some of your crops/produce for others who are needy. Blessing these people is a prerequisite for receiving blessings from God!
(However, they must be willing to work for it – by picking the produce/fruit/grain, etc., themselves.) |
Scripture Passages
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—— To avoid any copyright issues, all Scripture is either from a public domain translation (such as the World English Bible), my own translation, or a combination of these. ——
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The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.
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Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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