Deuteronomy 24:13 (KJV)

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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God

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Cross-references

deliver. Ex 22:26 Ex 22:27 Job 24:7 Job 24:8 Job 29:11-13 Job 31:16-20 Eze 18:7 Eze 18:12 Eze 18:16 Eze 33:15 Am 2:8 2Ti 1:16-18

the sun. De 24:15 2Co 9:13 2Co 9:14 Eph 4:26

shall be. De 6:25 De 15:9 De 15:10 Ge 15:6 Ps 106:30 Ps 106:31 Ps 112:9 Isa 58:8 Da 4:27 Jas 1:27 Jas 2:13-23

in his own raiment.The raiment here referred to was most likely the same as the {hyke} of the Arabs, a long kind of blanket, resembling a Highland plaid, generally about six yards in length, and five or six feet broad; in which they often carry their provisions, as well as wrap themselves in, in the day, and sleep in at night, it being their only substitute for a bed. How necessary, then, it was to restore the {hyke} to a poor man before the going down of the sun, that he might have something to repose on, will sufficiently appear from these considerations.

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