Exodus 22:22-31 (New International Version)
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"Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan.1
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If you do and they cry out2 to me, I will certainly hear their cry.3
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My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.4
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"If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest.a5
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If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge,6 return it to him by sunset,
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because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in?7 When he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.8
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"Do not blaspheme Godb9 or curse10 the ruler of your people.11
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"Do not hold back offerings12 from your granaries or your vats.c "You must give me the firstborn of your sons.13
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Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.14 Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.15
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"You are to be my holy people.16 So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;17 throw it to the dogs.
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