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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:5-13

Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deut. 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their affection to each other were well settled at first. If the husband were much abroad from his wife the first year, his love to her would be in danger of cooling, and of being drawn aside to others whom he would meet with abroad; therefore his service to his country in war, embassies, or other... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:14-22

Here, I. Masters are commanded to be just to their poor servants, Deut. 24:14, 15. 1. They must not oppress them, by overloading them with work, by giving them undue and unreasonable rebukes, or by withholding from them proper maintenance. A servant, though a stranger to the commonwealth of Israel, must not be abused: ?For thou wast a bondman in the land where thou wast a stranger (Deut. 24:18), and thou knowest what a grievous thing it is to be oppressed by a task-master, and therefore, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:12

And if the man be poor ,.... Which may be thought to be the case of everyone that gives pledges for a debt he owes, or a sum of money he borrows; yet there might be a difference: some might be so very destitute of goods and raiment in their houses, that whatever they parted with was distressing to them, and they could not well do without it: thou shalt not sleep with his pledge ; nor keep it a night; but deliver it to him, before he went to bed, and laid himself down to sleep. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:13

In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again, when the sun goeth down ,.... If it was a night covering, as Jarchi remarks; but if it was his day clothes, he was to return it in the morning, when the sun arose; and this was to be done every day, which resist occasion a great deal of trouble, and the pledge of little use; so that it seems as though they might as well be without it as have it, and lend freely; but the Jews say, that there was an advantage by it; for it is said in answer... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:14

Thou shall not oppress an hired servant ,.... That is hired by the day, as appears by Deuteronomy 24:15 ; though the law may include such as are hired by the week, or month, or year; neither of whom are to be oppressed by any means, and chiefly by detaining their wages; so the Jerusalem Targum explains the phrase,"ye shall not detain by force the hire of the hired servant;'nor by fraud, as in James 5:4 , that is poor and needy ; and so cannot bear the lest oppression of this kind,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:15

At his day thou shalt give him his hire ,.... At the close of the day, when his work is done, the hire agreed for must be paid him; and, by the same rule, all such that were hired by the week, month, or year, were to have their wages paid them at the day their time was up: neither shall the sun go down upon it ; it was to be paid before sun setting, or at it; see Leviticus 19:13 , for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it ; being poor, he cannot wait any longer for the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:12

And if the man be poor, etc. - Did not this law preclude pledging entirely, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew, if not redeemed, he must restore at night? However, he might resume his claim in the morning, and have the pledge daily returned, and thus keep up his property in it till the debt was discharged; see the note on Exodus 22:26 . The Jews in several cases did act contrary to this rule, and we find them cuttingly reproved... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:15

He is poor, and setteth his heart upon it - How exceedingly natural is this! The poor servant who seldom sees money, yet finds from his master's affluence that it procures all the conveniences and comforts of life, longs for the time when he shall receive his wages; should his pay be delayed after the time is expired, he may naturally be expected to cry unto God against him who withholds it. See most of these subjects treated at large on Exodus 22:21-27 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:14

Verse 14 14.Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant. This precept is akin to the foregoing. Moses pronounces that he who has hired a poor person for wages oppresses him unless he gives him immediate recompense for his labor; since the two admonitions, “thou shalt; not; oppress,” and “thou shalt give him his hire,” are to be read in connection with each other. Hence it follows, that if a hireling suffers from want because we do not pay him what he has earned, we are by our very delay alone... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:6-13

Prohibited Pledges. Wealth is power; in every nation we need the safeguards of law to prevent such power from becoming tyranny. The poor are ever liable to become the prey of voracious avarice. I. A SEASONABLE LOAN IS A PRICELESS SERVICE , Men can render service one to another in a thousand different forms. Redundance of possession on the part of one may serviceably supply the deficiencies of another. One man has riches which he cannot profitably employ, another has trade for... read more

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