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20 You must completely destroy anyone who offers a sacrifice to a false god. You must only offer sacrifices to the Lord.

21 Never be cruel to a foreign person or give them trouble. Remember that you yourselves lived in Egypt as foreigners.

22 Never give trouble to any widow or to any children who have no family.

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20 “Whoever sacrifices to any god(A) other than the Lord must be destroyed.[a](B)

21 “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner,(C) for you were foreigners(D) in Egypt.

22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.