21 (A)You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not oppress any widow or orphan. 23 If you oppress him at all, and (C)if he does cry out to Me, (D)I will assuredly hear his cry; 24 and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, (E)and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25 (F)If you lend money to My people, to the poor [a]among you, you are not to [b]act as a creditor to him; you shall not [c]charge him (G)interest. 26 If you ever seize your neighbor’s cloak (H)as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, 27 for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [d]body. What else is he to sleep in? And it will come about that (I)when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for (J)I am gracious.

28 “You shall not [e](K)curse God, (L)nor curse a ruler of your people.

29 (M)You shall not hold back the offering from your entire harvest and your [f]wine. (N)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. 30 (O)You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother for seven days; (P)on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

31 (Q)You shall be holy people to Me, therefore (R)you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

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  1. Exodus 22:25 Lit with
  2. Exodus 22:25 Lit be
  3. Exodus 22:25 Lit lay upon
  4. Exodus 22:27 Lit skin
  5. Exodus 22:28 Or revile
  6. Exodus 22:29 Lit juice

(A)You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the [a]feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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  1. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul

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.

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

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,

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  1. Jeremiah 7:6 Or fatherless

10 and (A)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do (B)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

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  1. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless

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