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Protecting the Debtor's Dignity
Commentators explain that this law protects the dignity and privacy of the borrower. By requiring the lender to wait outside, the law prevents them from entering the debtor's home and seizing whatever they please. This respects the borrower's space and gives them agency in choosing the pledge, affirming their personhood even in a vulnerable situation.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 24:10–13
18th Century
Theologian
Compare Exodus 22:25-27.
Righteousness unto thee - (Deuteronomy 24:13). Compare to the note on Deuteronomy 6:25.…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 24:10–13
19th Century
Bishop
When you do lend. —The law in these verses is evidently the production of primitive and simple times, when people had little more …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 24:11
17th Century
Pastor
You will stand abroad
Without doors, in the street, as the Targum of Jonathan, while the borrower or debtor looks ou…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 24:5–13
17th Century
Minister
It is of great consequence that love be maintained between husband and wife, and that they carefully avoid everything that might cause them to beco…