Defined. Philem. 18. v
MIGHT DEMAND
Pledges. Deut. 24:10, 11. Prov. 22:27.
Security of others. Prov. 6:1. Prov. 22:26.
Mortgages on property. Neh. 5:3.
Bills or promissory notes. Luke 16:6, 7.
To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge. Ex. 22:26, 27. Deut. 24:12, 13. Ezek. 18:7, 12.
PROHIBITED FROM
Taking millstones in pledge. Deut. 24:6.
Violently selecting pledges. Deut. 24:10.
Exacting usury from brethren. Ex. 22:25. Lev. 25:36, 37.
Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year. Deut. 15:2, 3.
Might take interest from strangers. Deut. 23:20.
Sometimes entirely remitted debts. Neh. 5:10-12. Matt. 18:27. Luke 7:42.
Often cruel in exacting debts. Neh. 5:7-9. Job 24:3-9. Mat. 18:28-30.
OFTEN EXACTED DEBTS
By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant. Matt. 18:25, with Ex. 21:2.
By selling the debtor's property. Matt. 18:25.
By selling the debtor's family. 2 Kin. 4:1. Job 24:9. Matt. 18:25.
By imprisonment. Matt. 5:25, 26. Mat. 18:34.
From the sureties. Prov. 11:15. Prov. 22:26, 27.
Were often defrauded. 1 Sam. 22:2. Luke 16:5-7.
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
God's claim upon men. Matt. 5:25, 26, with Matt. 18:23, 35. Luke 7:41, 47.
The demands of the law. Gal. 5:3.