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# restore to him the pledge
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"give him back what he has given you to show that he will pay back the loan"
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# so that he may lie down in his cloak and bless you
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "so that he will have his coat to keep himself warm when he sleeps, and he will be grateful to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# cloak
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This is a coat or other clothing that keeps a person warm at night. This was probably the "pledge" Moses was speaking of in [Deuteronomy 24:10-12](./10.md).
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# it will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God
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"Yahweh your God will approve of the way you handled this matter"
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