24:14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites 2 or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 3
1 tn Heb “may not lie down in his pledge.” What is in view is the use of clothing as guarantee for the repayment of loans, a matter already addressed elsewhere (Deut 23:19-20; 24:6; cf. Exod 22:25-26; Lev 25:35-37). Cf. NAB “you shall not sleep in the mantle he gives as a pledge”; NRSV “in the garment given you as the pledge.”
2 tn Heb “your brothers,” but not limited only to actual siblings; cf. NASB “your (+ own NAB) countrymen.”
3 tn Heb “who are in your land in your gates.” The word “living” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.