Bible verse
You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
Deuteronomy 24:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 24.
7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
10 When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11 You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
15 You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
KJV
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
ASV
Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
ERV
Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
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