18 “Do not allow a sorceress(A) to live.

19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal(B) is to be put to death.

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

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

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

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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.

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(A) who practices divination(B) or sorcery,(C) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(D)

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14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(A)

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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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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)

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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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“‘Will you steal(A) and murder,(B) commit adultery(C) and perjury,[a](D) burn incense to Baal(E) and follow other gods(F) you have not known,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods

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