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Deuteronomy 24:12
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Deuteronomy 24:12
12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
12And if the man be poore, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 24:12
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To rest in natural sleep; by figure, to be inactive or dead and at rest.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study17¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
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Open the full verse study6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Open the full verse study3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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Open the full verse study9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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