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Negative commandment 241 of 365

Not to take a pledge from a widow

Maimonides

Not to take a pledge from a widow, as it is said, “…. nor take a widow’s raiment as a pledge” (Deut. 24:17).

Deuteronomy 24:17

KJV
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
ASV
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
WEB
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
JPS
Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge.