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25 “‘If you lend money to my people, to the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not charge him interest.[a] 26 If indeed you require the cloak of your neighbor as a pledge, you will return it to him at sundown, 27 because it is his only garment; it is his cloak for his skin. In what will he sleep? And[b] when he cries out to me, I will hear, because I am gracious.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:25 Literally “put on him interest”
  2. Exodus 22:27 Literally “And it will be”

25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.(A) 26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,(B) return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?(C) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.(D)

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