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20 “Anyone who sacrifices to a god, except the Lord alone, is to be utterly destroyed.

21 “You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

22 “You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.

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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.