Exodus 22:21-31
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21 “(A)You shall not mistreat a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. 23 And if you indeed afflict him, and (C)if he earnestly cries out to Me, (D)I will surely hear his cry; 24 and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, (E)and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
25 “(F)If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted [a]among you, you are not to [b]act as a creditor to him; you shall not [c]charge him (G)interest. 26 If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak (H)as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun sets, 27 for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [d]body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall be that (I)when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for (J)I am gracious.
28 “You shall not [e](K)curse God, (L)nor curse a ruler of your people.
29 “(M)You shall not delay the offering from [f]the fullness of your harvest and the juice of your wine vat. (N)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. 30 (O)And you shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; (P)on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31 “(Q)You shall be holy men to Me, therefore (R)you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
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- Exodus 22:25 Lit with
- Exodus 22:25 Lit be
- Exodus 22:25 Lit lay upon
- Exodus 22:27 Lit skin
- Exodus 22:28 Or revile
- Exodus 22:29 Lit your fullness and your tears
Exodus 23:9
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9 “(A)And you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 24:17
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17 “(A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due a sojourner or [b]an orphan, nor (B)take a widow’s garment in pledge.
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- Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
- Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
Jeremiah 7:6
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6 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the [a](A)orphan, or the widow, and do not shed (B)innocent blood in this place, nor (C)walk after other gods to your own evil demise,
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- Jeremiah 7:6 Or fatherless
Zechariah 7:10
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10 and (A)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the sojourner or the afflicted; and do (B)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
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- Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless
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