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Those who have borrowed either silver or any sort of fruits, whether
dry or wet, (I mean this, when the Jewish affairs shall, by the blessing
of God, be to their own mind,) let the borrowers bring them again, and
restore them with pleasure to those who lent them, laying them up, as it
were, in their own treasuries, and justly expecting to receive them thence,
if they shall want them again. But if they be without shame, and do not
restore it, let not the lender go to the borrower's house, and take a pledge
himself, before judgment be given concerning it; but let him require the
pledge, and let the debtor bring it of himself, without the least opposition
to him that comes upon him under the protection of the law. And if he that
gave the pledge be rich, let the creditor retain it till what he lent be
paid him again; but if he be poor, let him that takes it return it before
the going down of the sun, especially if the pledge be a garment, that
the debtor may have it for a covering in his sleep, God himself naturally
showing mercy to the poor. It is also not lawful to take a millstone, nor
any utensil thereto belonging, for a pledge, that the debtor, may not be
deprived of instruments to get their food withal, and lest they be undone
by their necessity.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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