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27 “You shall not blaspheme God nor curse the leader of your people.

28 “You shall not delay to make offerings from your harvest and your vintage. You shall give your firstborn from among your sons to me. 29 You shall do the same with your oxen and your sheep. Seven days it shall remain with its mother, and on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

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27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?(A) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.(B)

28 “Do not blaspheme God[a](C) or curse(D) the ruler of your people.(E)

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

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(G)

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Footnotes

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