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

¹⁸ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt^(A) and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

Saying 11

⁶ 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,

⁷ then I will let you live in this place, in the land^(A) I gave your ancestors^(B) for ever and ever.

²⁷ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after^(A) orphans and widows^(B) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.^(C)