Common English Bible

Deuteronomy 24:11-15 Common English Bible (CEB)

11. You must wait outside. The person to whom you are lending will bring the collateral to you out there.

12. Moreover, if the person is poor, you are not allowed to sleep in their pawned coat.

13. Instead, be certain to give the pawned coat back by sunset so they can sleep in their own coat. They will bless you, and you will be considered righteous before the Lord your God.

14. Don’t take advantage of poor or needy workers, whether they are fellow Israelites or immigrants who live in your land or your cities.

15. Pay them their salary the same day, before the sun sets, because they are poor, and their very life depends on that pay, and so they don’t cry out against you to the Lord. That would make you guilty.