Eze 18:7-8 | TNotes | STEP | 18:7 Borrowers might be required to give objects as security to ensure that the loan would be repaid. However, if the object was an outer garment (which might be a poor man’s only valuable possession), it had to be returned before nightfall so that he could remain warm at night (see Exod 22:26-27 ).

bExod 22:26-27►

dExod 22:25►

‏ Ezekiel 18:7-8

18:7 ^a Borrowers might be required to give objects as security to ensure that the loan would be repaid. However, if the object was an outer garment (which might be a poor man’s only valuable possession), it had to be returned before nightfall so that he could remain warm at night (see Exod 22:26-27 ^b).
18:8 ^c Lending money with interest to those in need was outlawed because of the temptation it presented to abuse the borrower (see Exod 22:25 ^d).