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 (
Deut. 24:10,
11). (
2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (
Ex. 22:26,
27). (
3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (
Deut. 15:1-15). For other laws bearing on this relation see
Lev. 25:14,
32,
39;
Matt. 18:25,
34. (
4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (
Prov. 11:15;
17:18)
