21 (A)“You shall neither mistreat a [a]stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 (B)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they (C)cry at all to Me, I will surely (D)hear their cry; 24 and My (E)wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; (F)your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:21 sojourner

[a]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and (A)needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:3 Vindicate

23 (A)Your princes are rebellious,
And (B)companions of thieves;
(C)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (D)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

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if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (A)or walk after other gods to your hurt,

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49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, (A)fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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12 For I (A)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(B)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(C)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.

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