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• δανειστής , δανιστής
• בָּעַל , בַּעַל
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• Defined
  Philippians 1:18

• MIGHT DEMAND
  • Pledges
    Deuteronomy 24:10,11; Proverbs 22:27
  • Security of others
    Proverbs 6:1; 22:26
  • Mortgages on property
    Nehemiah 5:3
  • Bills or promissory notes
    Luke 16:6,7

• To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge
  Exodus 22:26,27; Deuteronomy 24:12,13; Ezekiel 18:7,12

• PROHIBITED FROM
  • Taking millstones in pledge
    Deuteronomy 24:6
  • Violently selecting pledges
    Deuteronomy 24:10
  • Exacting usury from brethren
    Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36,37
  • Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
    Deuteronomy 15:2,3

• Might take interest from strangers
  Deuteronomy 23:20

• Sometimes entirely remitted debts
  Nehemiah 5:10-12; Matthew 18:27; Luke 7:42

• Often cruel in exacting debts
  Nehemiah 5:7-9; Job 24:3-9; Matthew 18:28-30

• OFTEN EXACTED DEBTS
  • By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant
    Matthew 18:25; Exodus 21:2
  • By selling the debtor's property
    Matthew 18:25
  • By selling the debtor's family
    2 Kings 4:1; Job 24:9; Matthew 18:25
  • By imprisonment
    Matthew 5:25,26; 18:34
  • From the sureties
    Proverbs 11:15; 22:26,27

• Were often defrauded
  1 Samuel 22:2; Luke 16:5-7

• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • God's claim upon men
    Matthew 5:25,26; 18:23,25; Luke 7:41,47
  • The demands of the law
    Galatians 5:3