Exodus 22:20-26

Good News Translation

^20 (A)“Condemn to death anyone who offers sacrifices to any god except to me, the Lord.

^21 (B)“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner; remember that you were foreigners in Egypt. ²² Do not mistreat any widow or orphan. ²³ If you do, I, the Lord, will answer them when they cry out to me for help, ²⁴ and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.

^25 (C)“If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest. ^26 (D)If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sun sets,