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

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

22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.(C) 23 If you do and they cry out(D) to me, I will certainly hear their cry.(E) 24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.(F)

25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.(G) 26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,(H) return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?(I) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.(J)

28 “Do not blaspheme God[a](K) or curse(L) the ruler of your people.(M)

29 “Do not hold back offerings(N) from your granaries or your vats.[b]

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(O) 30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.(P) Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.(Q)

31 “You are to be my holy people.(R) So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;(S) throw it to the dogs.

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  1. Exodus 22:28 Or Do not revile the judges
  2. Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

(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

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(A) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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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

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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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,

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  1. Jeremiah 7:6 Or fatherless

if you do not oppress(A) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(B) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(C) to your own harm,

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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

10 Do not oppress the widow(A) or the fatherless, the foreigner(B) or the poor.(C) Do not plot evil against each other.’(D)

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