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“You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.(A)

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“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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19 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)

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19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,(A) the fatherless or the widow.”(B)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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21 “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.(A)

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

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33 Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

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33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’

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17 Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.(A) 18 Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.(B)

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17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a](A) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful(B) and faithful high priest(C) in service to God,(D) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.(E) 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.(A)

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In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)

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They kill the widow and the stranger;
    they murder the orphan,

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They slay the widow(A) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.(B)

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14 “You shall not withhold the wages of poor and needy laborers, whether other Israelites or aliens who reside in your land in one of your towns.(A) 15 You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor and their livelihood depends on them; otherwise they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.(B)

16 “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes may persons be put to death.(C)

17 “You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge.(D) 18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.(E)

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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) 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(B) and are counting on it.(C) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(D)

16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.(E)

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(F) of justice,(G) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt(H) and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

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19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.(A)

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19 And you are to love(A) those who are foreigners,(B) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.(C)

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21 But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment, for the slave is the owner’s property.(A)

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21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.(A)

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