Debtor: Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are
laid down in the Scriptures.1. The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he
could most easily dispense with
(Deuteronomy 24:10,11)
2. A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge,
could not be kept over night
(Exodus 22:26,27)
3. A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year
(Deuteronomy 15:1-15)
For other laws bearing on this relation see
(Leviticus 25:14,32,39)
(Matthew 18:25,34)
4. A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor
(Proverbs 11:15; 17:18)
