Exodus 22:27-29

Contemporary English Version

²⁷ because that is the only cover the poor have when they sleep at night. I am a merciful God, and when they call out to me, I will come to help them.

^28 (A) Don't speak evil of me^[a] or of the ruler of your people.

²⁹ Don't fail to give me the offerings of grain and wine that belong to me.^[b]

Dedicate to me your first-born sons