17 (A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due a stranger or [b]an orphan, nor (B)seize a widow’s garment as a [c]pledge. 18 But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  2. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
  3. Deuteronomy 24:17 I.e., for a loan

10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their (B)Redeemer is strong;
(C)He will plead their case against you.

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if you do not oppress the stranger, the [a](A)orphan, or the widow, and do not shed (B)innocent blood in this place, nor (C)follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you (D)live in this place, in the (E)land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:6 Or fatherless

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