Consideration for People in Need

¹⁰ “When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security. ¹¹ You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you. ¹² If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in the garment he has given as security. ¹³ Be sure to return it^[a] to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.^(A)

¹⁴ “Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town^[b] in your land. ¹⁵ You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them.^(B) Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

¹⁶ “Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.^{(C) 17} Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security. ¹⁸ Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed^(D) you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.^(E)

¹⁹ “When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.^{(F) 20} When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. ²¹ When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. ²² Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.^(G)

²² “You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.^{(A) 23} If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to Me, and I will certainly hear their cry.^{(B) 24} My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.^(C)

²⁵ “If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.^(D)

²⁶ “If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.

⁹ “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings^(A) of your harvest. ¹⁰ You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor^(B) and the foreign resident;^(C) I am Yahweh your God.

¹¹ “You must not steal.^(D) You must not act deceptively^(E) or lie^(F) to one another. ¹² You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God;^(G) I am Yahweh.

¹³ “You must not oppress^(H) your neighbor or rob^(I) him. The wages due a hired hand^(J) must not remain with you until morning. ¹⁴ You must not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind,^(K) but you are to fear your God;^(L) I am Yahweh.^(M)

¹⁵ “You must not act unjustly^(N) when deciding a case. Do not be partial^(O) to the poor or give preference to the rich;^(P) judge your neighbor fairly.