Regulations Regarding Various Offences
16 " 'If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and he lies with her, he surely will give her bride price {to have her as his wife}.
17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
18 " 'You will not let a witch live.
19 " 'Anyone lying with an animal will surely be put to death.
20 " 'Whoever sacrifices to the gods--not to Yahweh, to him alone--will be destroyed.
Regulations Regarding Foreigners and the Poor
21 " 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
22 " 'You will not afflict any widow or orphan.
23 If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress.
24 And {I will become angry}, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children orphans.
25 " 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.
26 If indeed you require the cloak of your neighbor as a pledge, you will return it to him at sundown,
27 because it is his only garment; it is his cloak for his skin. In what will he sleep? {And} when he cries out to me, I will hear, because I [am] gracious.
Regulations Regarding Tribute and Holiness
28 " 'You will not curse God, and you will not curse a leader among your people.
29 " 'You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons.
30 You will do likewise for your ox and for your sheep and goats; seven days it will be with its mother; on the eighth, you will give it to me.
31 And you will be men of holiness for me; and you will not eat meat [from] a carcass mangled in the field; you will throw it to the dog.