And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge. Hengstenberg suggests that it should be 'sleep upon his pledge,' founding upon the subsequent phrase, "that he may sleep in his own raiment" [bªsalmaatow]. The Salema, or by transposition, Simela (Deuteronomy 22:5; Genesis 9:23; Judges 8:25), was the wide outer cloak or mantle. The hyke of the Arabs was of different sizes and fineness in qualities. The ordinary size of them is six yards long and five or six feet broad, bearing a close resemblance to the plaid of the Highlander.