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Creditors
1. Defined. Phm 1:18.
2. Might demand
a. Pledges. De 24:10,11; Pr 22:27.
b. Security of others. Pr 6:1; 22:26.
c. Mortgages on property. Ne 5:3.
d. Bills or promissory notes. Lu 16:6,7.
3. To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge. Ex 22:26,27; De 24:12,13; Eze 18:7,12.
4. Prohibited from
a. Taking millstones in pledge. De 24:6.
b. Violently selecting pledges. De 24:10.
c. Exacting usury from brethren. Ex 22:25; Le 25:36,37.
d. Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year. De 15:2,3.
5. Might take interest from strangers. De 23:20.
6. Sometimes entirely remitted debts. Ne 5:10-12; Mt 18:27; Lu 7:42.
7. Often cruel in exacting debts. Ne 5:7-9; Job 24:3-9; Mt 18:28-30.
8. Often exacted debts
a. By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant. Mt 18:25; Ex 21:2.
b. By selling the debtor’s property. Mt 18:25.
c. By selling the debtor’s family. 2Ki 4:1; Job 24:9; Mt 18:25.
d. By imprisonment. Mt 5:25,26; 18:34.
e. From the sureties. Pr 11:15; 22:26,27.
9. Were often defrauded. 1Sa 22:2; Lu 16:5-7.
10. Illustrative of
a. God’s claim upon men. Mt 5:25,26; 18:23,25; Lu 7:41,47.
b. The demands of the law. Ga 5:3.