Exodus 22:18-31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁸ “You shall not permit a female sorcerer to live.^(A)

¹⁹ “Whoever has intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.^(B)

²⁰ “Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the Lord alone shall be devoted to destruction.^(C)

²¹ “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.^{(D) 22} You shall not abuse any widow or orphan.^{(E) 23} If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;^{(F) 24} my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.^(G)

²⁵ “If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.^{(H) 26} If you take your neighbor’s cloak as guarantee, you shall restore it before the sun goes down, ²⁷ for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as a cover. In what else shall that person sleep? And when your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate.

²⁸ “You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.^(I)

²⁹ “You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.^[a]

“The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.^{(J) 30} You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall remain with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.^(K)

³¹ “You shall be people consecrated to me, so you shall not eat any meat that is mangled by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.^(L)